2017-18 National Men's Team

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Game #54
Preliminary
Final
May 15, 2018 10:15 am EDT
Jyske Bank Boxen
Herning, DEN

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
3
7
2
12
11
10
9
30

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 2
6
0 / 3
4

Game Story

CANADA BLANKS GERMANY IN PRELIM FINALE AT WORLDS

JESSICA GOWANS

HERNING, Denmark – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Burnaby, B.C./Edmonton, NHL) had a goal and an assist and Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, Sask./Arizona, NHL) was perfect between the pipes as Canada’s National Men’s Team blanked Germany 3-0 on Tuesday to wrap up preliminary play at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

With the win, Canada finished the preliminary round with a 4-1-1-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record, good for 15 points and third place in Group B. It will face either Sweden or Russia in the quarter-finals Thursday in Copenhagen.

Brayden Schenn (Saskatoon, Sask./St. Louis, NHL) and Tyson Jost (Kelowna, B.C./Colorado, NHL) had the other goals for Canada, while Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) added two assists.

The captain finished the prelims with 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in seven games, good for fourth in tournament scoring.

Schenn wasted no time getting Canada on the board, opening the scoring only 20 seconds in when Nugent-Hopkins fed a pass from below the goal line for a quick shot and a 1-0 lead.

Nugent-Hopkins stretched the lead to two midway through the second period, taking a no-look pass from McDavid and tucking it off the post and in behind German goaltender Niklas Treutle.

Jost finished the scoring in the third period off a cross-ice set-up from Joel Edmundson (Brandon, Man./St. Louis, NHL), netting his fourth goal in six games.

Kuemper wasn’t busy but was sharp when he needed to be, turning away all 12 German shots he faced.

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Brayden Schenn

Assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid
00:20
PENALTY
Penalty: Matthias Plachta
Interference (2:00)
06:17
PENALTY
Penalty: Colton Parayko
Delay of Game (2:00)
18:21
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Assists: Connor McDavid, Aaron Ekblad
08:14
PENALTY
Penalty: Sebastian Uvira
Goaltender Interference (2:00)
14:23
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Ryan Murray
High-Sticking (2:00)
05:18
GOAL
Goal: Tyson Jost

Assists: Joel Edmundson
09:48
PENALTY
Penalty: Moritz Müller
Interference (2:00)
13:43

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Niklas Treutle GER 60 30 27 3 0.900
Darcy Kuemper CAN 60 12 12 0 1.000

Game Leaders

GA 3 - SV - 27 - SAV% - 0.900
GA 0 - SV - 12 - SAV% - 1.000
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2

Previous Games

0 - 3 L @ CanadaCAN
May 15, 2018
1 - 4 L v United StatesUSA
May 20, 2018
3 - 2 W v FinlandFIN
May 13, 2018
2 - 3 L v SwitzerlandSUI
May 19, 2018
1 - 3 L @ LatviaLAT
May 12, 2018
5 - 4 W @ RussiaRUS
May 17, 2018
Videos
Photos
2018 Spengler Cup: KUO 2 – CAN 1 SO (Championship)
Winnik scored, but Canada was edged in an eight-round shootout.
2018 Spengler Cup: CAN 4 – NUR 2 (Semifinal)
Boychuk had 2G 1A in the first 13 minutes to send Canada to the final.
2018 Spengler Cup: CAN 6 – NUR 2 (Preliminary)
Fabbro scored a pair of goals to lead Canada into the semifinals.
2018 Spengler Cup: CAN 2 – DAV 1 (Preliminary)
Boychuk and D’Agostini scored, and Canada hung on to edge the hosts.