After a tentative start, when the teams knew each other, Swedish team Niklas Edin was able to pick up two points in the fourth round - 3-1 to Sweden.
Russian last stone in the fifth round, but the Swedes played smart and managed to snatch a point to 4-1.
But the Russian team, led by skipper Sergei Glukhov, played in the sixth round and Niklas Edin had to put a difficult last stone, which he did and the Russians took only two points for the reduction 3-4.
Zero round in the ninth round
Team Edin took two points in the seventh round, and the Russians two in the eighth;
the score was 6-5 to Sweden in round eight and the last stone for Niklas Edin.
The Swedes made a perfectly tactical zero round and got the last stone in the last round.
There, team Edin had no problem picking up a point and eventually won 7-5.
Team Edin has three matches left in the group stage, in which the four best teams advance to the semifinals, and it undeniably looks like the Swedes will reach the semifinals and have a chance to win the first Swedish men's curling gold ever.