Oskar Magnusson and Sweden defeat Haakon Hanelt and Germany

Last night two Washington Capitals prospects went head to head last night in the final game of the preliminary round of the World Juniors in Edmonton. The game featured Oskar Magnusson and Team Sweden and Haakon Hanelt of Team Germany.

In the first period Magnusson made an immediate impact, scoring what turned out to be the game winning goal. He used his speed and broke away from the defense before firing a wrist shot past Nikita Quapp to make it 3-1 for Team Sweden.

It was Magnusson’s first goal of the tournament and it was their second goal in under two minutes. It was also his second point.

Magnusson was playing on the fourth line against Germany and has mainly been in that role throughout the World Juniors thus far. He was even promoted to the top line in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Team USA.

Hanelt has been skating on the third line for Germany in the tournament. He scored a goal in his last game against Switzerland on Friday. That goal would also turn out to be the game winner and it sent Germany to the quarterfinals.

Hanelt and Magnusson are the only two Capitals prospects competing in the tournament after participating in last month’s Capitals Development Camp at MedStar Capitals Iceplex and prospect scrimmage at Capital One Arena.

Magnusson was named Sweden’s player of the game afterward while Hanelt finished the contest with a plus one plus minus rating as well as two shots on goal for Germany.

The World Juniors quarterfinals begin on Wednesday as Hanelt and Germany face Finland at 12 p.m. eastern while Magnusson and Sweden play Latvia at 3:30 p.m. eastern for the opportunity to advance to the semifinals.

You can check out these two future Caps stars on Wednesday as both games are airing on NHL Network.