Game Report 1398		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: Yublieyny Ice Palace Date: May 14, 2016 GAME NOTES: TALBOT GETS SHUTOUT AS CANADA BLANKS SLOVAKS AT WORLDS DAVID BRIEN ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Derick Brassard (Hull, Que./New York Rangers, NHL) led a balanced offence with a goal and an assist, and Canada’s National Men’s Team improved to 5-0 at the 2016 IIHF World Championship with a 5-0 win over Slovakia on Saturday. The Canadians kept pace with Finland atop Group B, clinched a quarter-final spot and ran their world championship winning streak to 15 games, including last year’s unbeaten run to gold in the Czech Republic. Morgan Rielly (West Vancouver, B.C./Toronto, NHL), Matt Duchene (Haliburton, Ont./Colorado, NHL), Taylor Hall (Kingston, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) and Mark Scheifele (Kitchener, Ont./Winnipeg, NHL) had the other goals for Canada, which has outscored its opponents 30-4 through five games. Cam Talbot (Caledonia, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) made 18 saves for his fourth win and second shutout. The opening goal came just past the 11-minute mark of the first period when Brassard won a face-off back to Rielly, who snuck a point shot through a screen and past Slovakian goaltender Julius Hudacek. The Canadians made it 2-0 with 90 seconds left in the opening frame; Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL) intercepted a puck along the end-boards before setting up Duchene for a one-timer. Canada doubled its lead with a pair of goals in the second period, beginning with a power-play tally from Hall, who finished off a pretty set-up from Mark Stone (Winnipeg, Man./Ottawa, NHL) and Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) at 13:56. Hall has now scored in all five Canadian games, and his six goals leave him tied with Swedish forward Gustav Nyquist for the tournament lead. Just under five minutes after the Hall goal, Sam Reinhart (West Vancouver, B.C./Buffalo, NHL) made a pass from behind the goal line to Scheifele, who danced around a Slovak defenceman before sliding in the 4-0 goal. Brassard finished the scoring midway through the third period, redirecting a Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL) pass past Hudacek at the side of the net. Talbot made more than half of his saves in the second period, when Slovakia held an 11-9 advantage in shots on goal. He has a tournament-leading 0.75 goals-against average and .960 save percentage. Overall, Canada outshot the Slovaks 33-18. The Canadians see the ice next against France on Monday, live on TSN at 9:15 a.m. ET/6:15 a.m. PT. Visiting Team: Canada Assistant Coach: Mike Yeo Home Team: Slovakia
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Pickard, Calvin G 33   Talbot, Cam   4   Hall, Taylor   5   Ceci, Cody   7   Matheson, Michael   8   Tanev, Chris   9   Duchene, Matt   10   Hutton, Ben   11   Gallagher, Brendan   14   Dumba, Matt   16   Domi, Max   19   Brassard, Derick   23   Reinhart, Sam   24   Perry, Corey   27   Murray, Ryan   38   Jenner, Boone   44   Rielly, Morgan   55   Scheifele, Mark   61   Stone, Mark   63   Marchand, Brad   90   O'Reilly, Ryan   97   McDavid, Connor	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 61  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 3:41 1   3:41 18:19 2nd 9  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 7:32 1   7:32 14:28	SLOVAKIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 33   Hudacek, Julius G 42   Konrad, Branislav   2   Sekera, Andrej   8   Sersen, Michal   10   Reway, Martin   13   Jurco, Tomas   14   Meszaros, Andrej   15   Svarny, Ivan   21   Cehlarik, Peter   22   Dravecky, Vladimir   25   Viedensky, Marek   26   Mikus, Juraj   28   Skalicky, Pavol   41   Lusnak, Patrik   51   Granak, Dominik   56   Dano, Marko   59   Stastny, Andrej   61   Bartanus, Marek   62   Jaros, Christian   65   Marcinko , Tomás   79   Hudacek, Libor   80   Hrnka, Tomas   83   Bakos, Martin	SLOVAKIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 21  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 7:40 1   7:40 14:20 1st 62  2:00  Tripping minor 11:46 1   11:46 10:14 2nd 22  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 1:53 1   1:53 0:07 2nd 56  2:00  Tripping minor 12:42 1   12:42 9:18 3rd 2  2:00  Slashing minor 0:39 1   0:39 1:21 3rd 2  2:00  Tripping minor 11:02 1   11:02 10:58

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 11:09   44-19                         1st 18:30   9-63                         2nd 13:56  PP  4-61-97                         2nd 18:35   55-23-61                         3rd 10:27   19-24-27

SLOVAKIA Goals SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 6 SLOVAKIA 0 / 2 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 4 min / 2 inf SLOVAKIA 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts SLOVAKIA 0 G + A = 0 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 2 2 1 5 SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Talbot (60:00) (W) 4 11 3 18 /0:00 3rd/20:00 SVK - Hudacek (60:00) (L) 12 7 9 28 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 1:15 PM   -  End: 1:15 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Championship Game Report.

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