Maxim Strbak scored at 2:55 of overtime to give Slovakia a 5-4 win this afternoon at TD Place. It came with a sigh of relief because the Slovaks held a 4-2 lead with five minutes remaining and a five-minute power play, but the Kazakhs stunned their opponents with two late short-handed goals to send the game to OT.
Dalibor Dvorsky had two goals and two assists for Slovakia.
It was Slovakia’s final game of the preliminary round, and with a 1-1-0-2 record and five points they will advance to the quarter-finals which will be played on Thursday. For Kazakhstan, winless in three games, they are down to one final chance. They play Switzerland tomorrow. The winner of that game will also advance to the playoffs; the…