Eduard Sale scored in the 14th round of a shootout to give Czechia a 3-2 victory over Sweden on Sunday in the third-place game at the world junior hockey championship.

OTTAWA — Czechia will head home from the nation's capital with some new hardware. Eduard Sale scored in the 14th round of the shootout to lead his country past Sweden 3-2 and claim bronze at the world junior hockey championship Sunday.

Trey Augustine (Detroit Red Wings) made 26 saves for the United States, which advanced to the gold medal game of the World Juniors for the second straight year. The U.S. will seek a seventh tournament championship and a chance at winning back-to-back titles for the first time when it plays Finland in the gold medal game at Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday (7:30 p.