Before today's games, three teams were undefeated,. Now there are ionly two: Korea who beat Spain 9-3 and Lithuania who won over Estonia in the Battle of the Baltics, 2-1. 

China took their first win of the tournament when they beat Croatia with a late goal, 4-3. 

Korea – Spain 9-3 (4-0, 4-1, 1-2)

Korea had had trouble scoring goals in the tournament, but those problems disappeared in their game against Spain. 
 
Korea’s Chong Min Lee scored twice, and Jin Hui Ahn collected four points.  Jamie Capillas scored one and assisted on another for Spain. 
 
“We finally scored some goals, and we can build on this,” said Korea’s 18-year-old defenseman Yoonho Chung. 
 
Halfway through the period, Sihwan Kim got on a partial breakaway from the blueline, and he didn’t miss his chance. A nice move sent Barbo to the wrong direction and Sihwan Kim had an easy job to lift the puck into the net to give Korea a 1-0 lead in the game at 10.02
 
At 12.50, Jungwook Hong was hit hard on the blue line, but as he got up, the puck came right in the tape of his stick, he looked up and sent a spinorama pass to the far post where Chong Min Lee could tap it in with a backhander for 2-0. 
                                                                                                                                                          
Then Korea got on a power play, and it worked like a charm. Sangwook Kim sent the puck from the corner to the point, Chong Min Lee fired a slap shot, Barbo left a rebound and Yoon Seok Kang fired it in at 14.26
 
Just 22 seconds later Heedoo Nam intercepted a Spanish pass in the Korean zone and took off. The quick transition turned into a 3-on-1 situation, Nam sent the puck to Jin Hui Ahn to his right, and a quick wrist shot later Korea had a 4-0 lead. 
 
And the goals kept coming. Just 4.22 into the second period it was 5-0- when Won Jun Kim’s shot found its way through traffic. 
 
A minute and a half later, there was a broken play in the Korean zone, and a loose puck. Jung Ho Ha in Korea’s goal hesitated and Jaime Capillas showed why he led all Spanish-born players in the Spanish league when he swiftly got around x and made it 5-1. 
 
Minwan Kang made it 6-1 when he accelerated from the blue line and left the Spanish defense scrambling. Kang was slightly off balance but fired a great sow top shelf. 
 
Korea’s seventh goal was a great solo effort by Chong Min Lee. He chased down a loose puck from the redline and scored a shorthanded goal on a breakaway. Jungwook Hong made it 8-1 1t 16.52. He split the Spanish defense and beat Marco Hernandez with a backhander. It was the 22-year-old Ohio State player’s first goal in the national team.
 
Spain opened the scoring just 52 seconds into the third period. Bosco Collado fired from the point, Jung Ho Ha left a rebound and Oriol Rubio slammed it in to make it 8-2. 
 
Korea extended their lead at 17.38 on power play when Sangyeob Kim hammered a one-timer from the left point, but Spain scored once more when Joan Ceroa’s sneaky backhand pass found Alejandro Carbonell all alone at the doorstep, and he sealed the final score, 9-3, at 18.50. 
 

Croatia – China 3-4 (0-1, 1-1, 2-2)

Both Croatia and China had zero points in the tournament after their two games. After an entertaining game, China now has three points, but they had to work hard for them. China’s hero was Juncheng Yan, who scored the game winner a mere 30 seconds before the end to seal China’s 4-3 win. 
 
Yan scored twice for China, as did Yuyang Hou who scored the first two Chinese goals. Croatia’s Borna Rendulic scored one and added two assists. 
 
The first period was China’s, but they couldn’t convert on their chances until halfway through the period, when Yuyang Hou grabbed a loose puck on the redline, and turned on the jets. He skated around Croatian defense and beat Rosandic on the short side to give China a 1-0 lead in the game at 10.55. 
 
In the first shift of the second period, China rolled into the Croatian zone. Jin Wang fired a shot, Vilim Rosandic made the save, but the rebound landed at Jilong’s Yu’s feet. He fired a spinorama shot, but as Rosandic made another save, he ended up slightly off the net and Hou could easily score his second of the game. 
 
Croatia came within one six minutes later with a gorgeous tic-tac-toe. Patric Dobric and Karlo Marinkovic set it up and Borna Rendulic finished with a wrister at 6.47. 
 
Croatia had showed earlier in the tournament that they can change gears in the middle of the game and, again, they came to the third period recharged. Just 26 seconds into the period, Rendulic redirected a rim pass to the front of the net and Vito Idzan tied the game. 
 
Their joy was short-lived, as Yan put China ahead again 42 seconds later, forcing Croatia to open up their game. 
 
With less than two minutes remaining in the game, Croatia pulled the goalie and chased a tie with six skaters. It worked. 
 
Rendulic had the puck in the slot. He faked a shot but instead, he found Nikolas Malenica with a backhand pass and the big Croatian had an easy task to redirect it into an empty net. 
 
The game was tied. Again.  
 
However, a hockey game lasts 60 minutes. 
 
Just 27 seconds after the 3-3 goal, Chica went on full attack and re-claimed the lead with a mere 30.3 seconds on the clock when they simply forced the puck behind Rosandic.
 
Croatia pulled Rosandic again, but Chen and the Chinese defense could keep the puck out of the net and celebrate their first win in the tournament. 

Lithuania – Estonia 2-1 (0-0, 2-0, 0-1)

The Battle of the Baltics – even though Estonia and Lithuania don’t share a border – had practically everything a good hockey game should have. Fast pace, relentless battles, sacrificing penalty kill, skilled power play, everything. Even sticks flying into the stands. 
 
Well, everything but goals. 
 
And even that was to be expected. After all, Lithuania hadn’t allowed a goal in their first two games.
 
“It was a great game, both teams played hard. I think we created enough scoring chances to win but sometimes you get goalied,” noted Estonia’s coach Petri Skriko. 
 
Estonia outshot Lithuania 36-13 in the game. 
 
“Our goaltender was outstanding, and we have an excellent work ethic. We try to help him as much as possible, it’s teamwork,” said Lithuania captain Nerijus Alisauskas. 
 
Estonia started the game strong, and outshot Lithuania 15-5 in the period, only in part thanks to powerplay. Estonia had a two-man advantage for a minute and while they created several chances, they couldn’t solve Laurynas Lubys in Lithuania’s goal. 
 
Estonia was also forced to make a goalie change early on when Conrad Molder injured himself and Villem-Henrik Koitmaa, who played against Croatia, was sent in. 
 
A few minutes into the second period, Estonia’s defense missed Simonas Valivonis who followed a rush up the ice. Linas Dedinas sent a saucer pass and Valivonis fired a wrister that beat Koitmaa on the glove side, to give the reds a 1-0 lead in the game at 5.11. 
 
Lithuania got a power play 12.37 and just six seconds later, the puck hit the back of the net. Mark Kaleinikovas fired a slap shot from the point, but it was blocked by an Estonian defenseman. The puck found its way to Paulius Gintautas who was wide open in the slot, and he beat Koitmaa with a wrister, doubling Lithuania’s lead. 
 
Estonia pressured Lithuania in the third, peppering Lubys with shots. 
 
He finally surrendered with 10.03 remaining in the third. Nikita Puzakov caught a pass behind the net and quickly sent the puck to Nevolainen in front of the net. He didn’t hesitate and one-timed it in to bring Estonia within one. 
 
“This was a huge win,” Alisauskas concluded. “We’re still in the hunt.”

The tournament resumes on Thursday when Lithuania takes on Croatia, Estonia meets Korea, and China looks to string two wins in a row in their game against Spain.