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Red Wings prospect Eddie Genborg has eight points in three games for Sweden’s juniors at Five Nations tune-up

Detroit’s 2025 second-round pick has five goals, including a hat trick against Switzerland, as Sweden’s under-20 team prepares to defend its World Junior title.

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Red Wings prospect Eddie Genborg is making a strong case for a return trip to the World Juniors. The Timrå IK forward, whom Detroit drafted in the second round in 2025, has five goals and eight points in three games for Sweden’s under-20 team at the Five Nations tournament in Nyköping, Sweden, a tune-up for next month’s World Junior Championship.

Genborg scored in Sweden’s 4-1 opening win over Slovakia on Wednesday, Nov. 4. A night later at Rosvalla, he had a hat trick and an assist in a 9-2 rout of Switzerland, scoring Sweden’s fourth, fifth, and eighth goals before setting up Milan Sundström’s late breakaway goal. Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff highlighted the performance on Sunday as a prospect “lighting up” the tournament.

Genborg kept it going Saturday against Finland. He scored to make it 2-0 and added two assists as Sweden won 4-2, with Love Härenstam making 24 saves. Liam Pettersson, Gustav Hillström, and Bosse Meijer also scored for the Swedes, who are 3-0 under head coach Magnus Hävelid.

Sweden closes the tournament Sunday against Czechia at 4 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET), with the game streaming on Expressen in Sweden.

Road to Edmonton

Sweden is the defending World Junior champion, and Genborg was part of last year’s gold-medal team. The 2027 tournament runs Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, and this week in Nyköping is one of the final chances for players to push for spots before Sweden names its roster.

The 19-year-old is spending 2026-27 with Timrå in the SHL after signing a three-year entry-level contract with Detroit in March. He drew attention last month when he figured in all three Timrå goals on the night the club retired former Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg’s No. 20 (our story).

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