The Swedish mens hockey team capitalized on a quick start and some shaky opposing goaltending to skate to a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic in their opening game of the Olympic tournament at the Bolshoy Ice Dome on Wednesday. Julio Jones Jersey . Ottawa Senators star defenceman Erik Karlsson scored two goals while his defensive partner Oliver Ekman-Larsson added two assists. Henrik Zetterberg and Patrik Berglund had the other two goals for the Swedes, who jumped to an early 3-0 lead thanks to some suspect goaltending by Czech starter Jakub Kovar. Head coach Alois Hadamczik made the surprising decision to not even dress the teams only NHL goaltender for the teams stiffest test of the preliminary round. Winnipegs Ondrej Pavelec was scratched in favour of KHL goalies Alexander Salak and Jakub Kovar. Kovar got the start, which backfired horribly when he let in three questionable goals before being pulled early in the second and replaced by Salak, who let in the Swedes fourth goal before the Czechs got on the board. Salak settled down after that and kept the Czech Republic in the game, and Marek Zidlicky and Jaromir Jagr scored two quick goals midway through the second period to spark the Czechs. But the Czech Republic couldnt put any more past Swedish goalie Henrik Lundqvist, who kept the lead intact while the Czechs outshot the Swedes 15-5 in the third. Lundqvist made 23 saves for the win, while Kovar and Salak combined for 25 stops in the loss. Swedens next game in Group C is against Switzerland, while the Czech Republic faces Latvia, both on Friday. Quick start from Swedes Sweden carried the play for most of the first period, capitalizing on a couple miscues by Kovar to go ahead 2-0 after 20 minutes. Karlsson scored the opening goal of the Olympic tournament from the point on a delayed penalty halfway through the period, as Kovar struggled to deal with the traffic in front of his net and saw the Swedes shot go through his glove. Berglund made Kovars opening 20 minutes worse by scoring Swedens second goal from a bad angle at 13:17, firing a shot right through the Czech goaltender from outside the left faceoff dot. It didnt get any better for Kovar in the second. Zetterberg scored on another shot that went through the Czech goalie only 51 seconds in. That goal ended Kovars night after Salak came in to replace him. But the switch didnt matter. Karlsson scored his second of the game with a laser from the point with little over three minutes after Salak made his debut. The Czechs clawed their way back into the contest with goals from Zidlicky and Jagr two minutes apart midway through the second, and pushed the Swedes hard for the remainder of the period. Matt Ryan Red Jersey . The International Ice Hockey Federation says Russia is looking for a new coach before the world championship in May in Belarus. The IIHF says Russian hockey federation officials agreed to Bilyaletdinovs departure after meeting with him on Wednesday. Levine Toilolo Jersey . Then Ryan Raburn came to the plate and did what he usually does against the Chicago White Sox. Raburn hit a tiebreaking single and David Murphy drove in four runs, leading the Indians to a 12-6 victory over the White Sox.Paris, France (Sports Network) - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and former champion Roger Federer were a pair of second-round winners Wednesday at the French Open. The reigning Australian Open, U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion Djokovic rolled past Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 on Court Lenglen to post his 23rd straight Grand Slam match victory. Djokovic was broken only once by Kavcic and had little trouble on Day 4. He did, however, pile up 34 unforced errors. "He was defending really well in the second and third set, especially in the second," Djokovic said. "He wasnt missing as many balls as in the first set. "I gave him the opportunity to come back to the match after a perfect first set, first seven games," Djokovic added. "But, look, this is tennis." Djokovic lost to Federer in last years French semis, which prevented the Serb from reaching his first-ever French Open final and ended a 45-match overall winning streak. The five-time major champion Djokovic and Federer could meet in the semis here again next week. Up next for Djokovic will be Frenchman Nicolas Devilder. The third-seeded Federer needed four sets to get past 92nd-ranked Romanian Adrian Ungur, making his Grand Slam debut this week, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 on Court Chatrier on the famed red clay at Roland Garros. In the process, the Swiss great became the new all-time leader in Grand Slam match wins with 234. He tied the old mark of 233 set by Jimmy Connors with a victory here on Monday. The 16-time major champion Federer titled here in 2009 to complete a career Grand Slam and is a four-time French Open runner-up to Rafael Nadal, including last year. Federer will next face Frances Nicolas Mahut. Seventh-seeded formidable Czech and former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych blitzed French lefthander Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-3, 6-3, while ninth-seeded former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro reached the third round with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Berdych will meet South African Kevin Anderson in the third round, while the tall Argentine del Potro will encounter Croat Marin Cilic. In an unexpected five-setter, 11th-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon outlasted American comeback kid Briian Baker 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 1-6, 6-0, as Baker simply ran out of gas in his first-ever five-set match. Desmond Trufant Red Jersey. The Nashville, Tenn. native Baker, who was out of tennis for six years because of a bevy of injuries and surgeries, including a reconstructed elbow, was a shocking first-time ATP finalist in Nice last week. Fourteenth-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco came from behind to beat fellow lefthander Gilles Muller 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, while 18th-seeded Swiss slugger Stan Wawrinka dismissed Spains Pablo Andujar 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-1. Former world No. 1 and former French Open champ Juan Carlos Ferrero exited the draw when a 21st-seeded Cilic doused the Spaniard in 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-3 fashion, while capable 22nd-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi outlasted Kazakhstans Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. In other second-round play, a 31st-seeded Anderson topped Argentine Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Devilder handled German Michael Berrer 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-2; Mahut overcame Slovak Martin Klizan 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; and Polands Lukasz Kubot topped Frenchman Florent Serra 7-6 (7-0), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). Fifth-seeded French favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was tied with German Cedrik- Marcel Stebe 6-2, 4-6, 1-1 when play was suspended because of rain on Wednesday. The second round is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, including matches for a second-seeded Nadal and fourth-seeded Andy Murray. The former No. 1 Nadal will face Uzbekistans Denis Istomin, while the three-time major runner-up Murray will take on Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen. Nadal is 46-1 lifetime at Roland Garros, including an Open-Era-record-tying six titles. Hes currently the reigning two-time champ, including a victory over his great rival Federer in last years finale. The 10-time major champion Nadal lost to Djokovic in the last three Grand Slam finals. Several other seeds will see action on Day 5, including No. 6 Spaniard David Ferrer, No. 8 Serb Janko Tipsarevic, No. 10 American John Isner, and No. 12 Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, who titled on clay in Nice last week. The 6-foot-10 Isner will battle oft-injured Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, while Almagro will be opposed by former Aussie Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '