O, No Canada: Karlsson, Pettersson Get Bronze at Worlds

Pittsburgh Penguins defensemen Erik Karlsson and Marcus Pettersson have earned bronze medals at the world championships in Czechia.

Sweden defeated Canada, 4-2, n the third-place game Sunday on the strength of three unanswered goals during the final period.

Karlsson scored perhaps the most important of those, beating Canadian goalie Jordan Binnington with a slap shot from near the blue line at 9:35 of third to tie the game, 2-2.

Karlsson served as Sweden’s captain for the tournament.

Penguins winger Michael Bunting played for Canada, working on a line with Dylan Cozens of Buffalo and Calgary’s Andrew Mangiapane.

Czechia and Switzerland will meet for the gold medal later Sunday.