In a first-ever Olympic gold medal game between two Scandinavian countries, Sweden edged out Finland 3-2 at the Turin Winter Olympic Games on Sunday.

The Finns were brought unbridled joy as forward Kimmo Timonen scored the first goal, powerplaying the puck past Sweden's goalkeeper Henrik Lundqvist at 14:45 of the first period.

The joy didn't last long as Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall scored, both through power plays, respectively at 24:42 and 33:24 for the Swedes in the second period.

However, the Finns still saw a slim hope looming ahead after Ville Peltonen leveled the score at 2-2, assisted by Jussi Jokinen and Olli Jokinen.

The Finns' hopes were completely dashed 10 seconds into the third period as Nicklas Lidstrom made the decisive shot, helping the Swedes onto the top podium.

It's Sweden's first men's ice hockey gold medal since 1994 when Sweden beat Canada 3-2 in the final.

In the previous Olympic encounters, Sweden met Finland 10 times, winning five games, losing two and tying three.

Source: Xinhua