It may have been the most intense game of the tournament this far, and it showed on the score sheet. 

In the penalties column. Canada had 13 penalties in the game, Sweden six. And somehow, Canada managed to win the battle of wills, 4-2.

"It was a pretty evenly matched game, so it was aggressive on both sides,. We just fought right through it, killed all the penalties and got it done," Team Canada captain Emma Pais said. 

"We always talk about not getting too high or too low and I think we did that well tonight," she added. 

Sweden got exactly the start they wanted when Hilda Svensson, after a broken play in the corner, got the puck and fired a wrist shot right under the crossbar beating Hannah Clark for 1-0. 

"We knew they'd come out hard on their home ice, and I think we gave it to them. We battled through it," said Team Canada forward Alex Law. 

Canada tied the game five minutes later when Pais picked Emilia Bergeby Hallbeck’s pocket and got off a breakaway, and she beat Felicia Frank in Sweden’s net, to tie the game. 

Canada’s penalty troubles continued in the second period. Seven minutes into the period, the hosts got another 5-on-3 powerplay, but again, they failed to take advantage of it. 

Then another blue-and-yellow player was escorted into the penalty box. 

And another. 

The Swedish penalty kill worked hard, and well – until 5.53 remaining in the second period when Alex Law deflected Emma Venusio’s hard pass from the corner into the net. Abby Stonehouse got the secondary assist.

With 1:25 remaining, Sweden got their third two-player advantage in the gane, this time for almost full two minutes seconds when Ava Murphy got a minor penalty for delay of the game and then Emma Venusio for cross checking just 16 seconds later. 

That proved to be much for even Canada’s penalty kill. Twenty-seven seconds before the end of the period, Mira Jungaker, one of Sweden’s returning players dom last Worlds, fired a slapshot that changed direction on its way to the back of the net, beating Clark on the blocker side. 

The game was tied. 

"It's fantastic to play in front of an enthuastic home crowd," said Swedish defender Mira Jungaker. 

Canada broke the tie five minutes into the period when Sweden’s goalie Frank got tangled with her own defender by the side of the net making a save, and Caitlin Kraemer tapped the puck in. 

On powerplay. 

"We didn't know [if the goal was going to be allowed] so we tried to stay positive, we were going to get another one either way," Pais said. 

Just 22 seconds later, Sweden … got on a powerplay, but re-energized by their new lead, Canada managed to kill off the penalty. And the next one. And the next one. 

Things got interesting when Sweden got yet another two-player advantage, for 51 seconds, with 2:50 remaining. 

Again, Canada's penalty kill worked and with 15 seconds remaining, Kraemer scored her second of the night, an empty-netter. 

"We should get more out of pur powerplay, we had lots of chances but we need to move the puck faster and not take the first shot," said Jungaker. 

On Wednesday, Sweden will take on Finland while Canada faces the US. 

"We're coming for them," said Law.