Artemi Panarin made his presence felt early at the IIHF World Championships.

Playing in his first game for Russia this spring, the 25-year-old Blackhawks forward collected the shootout winner in his country's 2-1 victory over Sweden in an opening-round matchup on Friday.

Here's the shootout winner from Artemi Panarin to give the Russians a 2-1 win over Sweden. #IIHFWorlds pic.twitter.com/lYDizTaPJl — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 5, 2017

Panarin has been no stranger to success at the World Championships. Panarin now has 26 points in three separate appearances for Russia. He also has helped Russia to a silver and two bronze medals in the last three years.

Panarin and Russia will be back in action against Italy on Sunday.