The former NHL forward, now in Swiss Friborg-Gotteron, won World Cup gold with Tre Kronor in 2017.
That time he scored one goal in ten games and in the Olympics last year he was scoreless.
But against Hungary he had a great goal show.
First he scored 2–0 in numerical disadvantage after dotting the cross in a free position and then he also made it 6–1 after a drawing variation.
About his first goal he says:
— It was a good pass by Calle (Grundström) and I saw that the goalkeeper stole a little at the first post, so it was nice to put it there.
Sharpening after first
However, De la Rose was not particularly pleased with his team’s performance in the first period. A previously defensively strong Sweden suddenly let in a flurry of chances.
— There were things we could do better and we conceded more goal chances than we should have. Then it got better in the second and third. Back then they didn’t have many shots, he says.
More precisely: nothing. de la Rose and his teammates kept Hungary to zero in the number of shots on target in the final 40 minutes and kept goalkeeper Jesper Wallstedt idle.
Tre Kronor won the shootout with 51–9.
— I think we value better when we could do things, we went back to our basic game a little more, he says.
“Glad they released”
Jacob de la Rose, who won the SM gold with Färjestad last year, was one of 13 Swedish players who were noted in the scoring record against Hungary.
Fullback Henrik Tömmernes was top scorer with four assists and Lucas Raymond scored his first World Cup goal. His decisive penalty goal against Finland is not included in the official statistics.
— I’m a player who wants and needs to produce, so it’s nice that it went away. It feels like I’ve had many chances throughout the tournament, it was nice to push it there, says Raymond, who was also responsible for two goals.
Sweden is off on Friday and faces France on Saturday.