Just saw a miced up Sedins & Loui video from Sweden - Finland. At the end, when Eriksson scored the empty-netter, Hörnqvist tells Henrik:
Hö: "That's important! Goal differential!",
Sedin answers "Nah, only between the tied teams",
Hö: "But if everyone beats everyone...?",
Sedin: "Haha, that's impossible? Finland has lost both their games"
Hö: "But everyone else, I mean, Russia beats Finland and we lose to NA! Then we're all tied in points and GD decides"
Sedin: "Nah, only GD in games between the tied teams, Finland doesn't count"
And Hörnqvist is like "Oooooh. Awww. Okay." like a younger boy being schooled in an argument by his older brother after he comes home from school with some factoid.
Quite the contrast to the Young Guns reacting to winning in OT. It's not unusual for players to know the outs and ins with standings. Might be a difference between veterans and young guys, or maybe NAT coaching told the players not to look it up at all.
Also, the guys on the ice are skating by to celebrate the goal, and they're just discussing, idly throwing out a fist for a fist bump but missing