In a sea of home fans, it was the much smaller crowd dressed in yellow who got to cheer first in Tampere.
The new NHL addition Jacob Peterson handed over the puck to Adam Larsson who came with speed, took the kitchen path and put it in at the far post.
The 29-year-old's first goal in the tournament gave Sweden a lead that would stand until the second period.
A period that became all the more difficult for the guests.
Mikko Lehtonen sent off early on a seemingly harmless wrist shot that Hellberg at first seemed to have saved, but the puck fell to the ice and looked teasingly into the goal.
And just two minutes later came the next cold shower.
Once again, Lehtonen was here.
This time with a pass through the castle to Sami Vatanen who had sneaked behind the Swedish slopes and was able to push the lead goal into the open box.
But halfway into the third period, the equalizer came.
Good interaction on the blue line between Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Erik Gustafsson resulted in a finish that Joel Kellman steered to 2-2.
With only minutes left of the third period, Gustafsson was a rib shot from giving Sweden a late lead, but the match went to extra time and in the end a penalty decision was required to separate the teams.
The text is updated.