By the skin of its teeth, Canada is into the semifinals at the women’s hockey world championship.
The two-time defending champions survived a determined Sweden squad with a 3-2 overtime win on Thursday in Brampton, Ont. They’ll play the winner of Thursday’s final game between Switzerland and Japan on Saturday with a spot in Sunday’s gold-medal game on the line.
Sarah Nurse sent the CAA Centre crowd into a frenzy, taking a cross-ice pass from linemate Sarah Fillier and burying it from the top of the circle past Sweden goalie Emma Soderberg, who made 51 saves in a losing effort.
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