EDMONTON, AB - JANUARY 02: Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden skates against Ville Heinola #4 and goaltender Kari Piiroinen #1 of Finland during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship quarterfinals at Rogers Place on January 2, 2021 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - JANUARY 02: Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden takes a shot against goaltender Kari Piiroinen #1 of Finland during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship quarterfinals at Rogers Place on January 2, 2021 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - JANUARY 02: Lucas Raymond #18 and Albert Johansson #9 of Sweden celebrate a goal against Finland during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship quarterfinals at Rogers Place on January 2, 2021 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - JANUARY 02: Elmer Soderblom #25 and Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden celebrate a goal against Finland during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship quarterfinals at Rogers Place on January 2, 2021 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 30: Zakhar Bardakov #11 of Russia skates against Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 30, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 30: Albert Johansson #9 of Sweden during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship match between Russia and Sweden at Rogers Place on December 30, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 30: Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship match between Russia and Sweden at Rogers Place on December 30, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 26: Albert Johansson #9 of Sweden takes an elbow from Jakub Rychlovsky #25 of the Czech Republic during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 26, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 26: Theodor Niederbach #16 of Sweden skates against Michael Krutil #28 of the Czech Republic during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 26, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 26: Theodor Niederbach #16, Elmer Soderblom #25 and Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden celebrate a goal against the Czech Republic during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 26, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 30: Eemil Viro #6 of Finland skates against Roman Faith #9 and Simon Jellus #19 of Slovakia during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 30, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 30: Eemil Viro #6 of Finland skates against Maros Jedlicka #22 of Slovakia during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship at Rogers Place on December 30, 2020 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
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EDMONTON, AB - JANUARY 02: Lucas Raymond #18 of Sweden skates against Ville Heinola #4 and goaltender Kari Piiroinen #1 of Finland during the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship quarterfinals at Rogers Place on January 2, 2021 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
Player statistics last updated 10 p.m. Jan. 2, 2021.
Here’s a look at how the seven Detroit Red Wings prospects participating in the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships are performing.
Here’s how they’re doing:
🇸🇪 Team Sweden -- five Red Wings prospects:
🇫🇮 Team Finland -- one Red Wings prospect:
🇨🇿 Team Czech Republic -- one Red Wings prospect:
The international U-20 tournament got underway Christmas Day. There are 10 nations competing in the preliminary round -- two groups of five. Only the top four teams in each group will proceed from the preliminary round to play in the single-game elimination playoff round.
Canada is competing in Group A with Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Germany. The United States is competing in Group B with Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic and Austria. You can track the standings here.
The playoff round got started Jan. 2 . Semi-final games will be held Jan. 4, followed by the medal games on Jan. 5.
Games are being broadcast live on NHL Network (TSN).
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