Jacob Markstrom News: Starting Saturday versus Slovakia
Markstrom will patrol the Swedish crease versus Slovakia on Saturday at the 2025 Winter Olympics, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
Markstrom will make his first start of the tournament for Sweden after Filip Gustavsson, who will be a healthy scratch, started the first two games. Markstrom is 15-13-1 with a 3.20 GAA and an .882 save percentage across 30 contests with New Jersey this season. Slovakia has won its first two games of the preliminary round, pulling off a 4-1 upset of Finland and knocking off Italy 3-2.
