Game Report 1412		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: Yublieyny Ice Palace Date: May 17, 2016 GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS TO FINLAND, FINISHES SECOND IN GROUP B WENDY GRAVES ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Despite outshooting its opposition and being perfect on the penalty kill, Canada’s National Men’s Team fell 4-0 to Finland on Tuesday to finish second in Group B at the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The loss ended Canada’s 16-game winning streak at the men’s worlds. It also marked the first time the team had been shut out since 2006, when it lost 5-0 to Finland in the bronze medal game. After allowing only four goals in its previous six games, Canada gave up as many to a Finnish team that completed the preliminary round 7-0-0-0. Canada went 6-0-0-1 and now faces Sweden in the quarter-finals. There was a sense this could be a low-scoring game; coming in Canada and Finland had surrendered a combined 10 goals in 12 games. Canada did its best to put Finland on its heels early, firing six shots on net over the first four minutes. Its tournament-best penalty kill – operating at a 94 percent success rate – didn’t allow Finland to set up anything in the offensive zone on its first man-advantage. The Canadians went five for five on the penalty kill. It was at even strength where things went wrong. A three-goal second period gave Finland control of the game. Lack of communication deep in the Canadian zone led to the first Finnish goal. Cam Talbot (Caledonia, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) played the puck behind his net, unaware of a forechecking Mikko Rantanen closing in on him. Rantenen sent the puck to the point for Tommi Kivisto, who took a few strides in from the blue line and beat Talbot with a shot through traffic. It marked the first time Canada had trailed at the worlds since its opening game against the United States. Ten minutes later Leo Komarov’s shot from just inside the face-off circle went under Talbot’s glove arm and trickled over the goal line. Less than three minutes after that the lead was three. Mika Pyorala sent a centering pass to Sebastian Aho. Aho hit the post, but Pyorala followed the play and put the puck into the open net. Finland added one more early in the third. Talbot stopped Pyorala’s shot from the wing, but sent a big rebound out to Jamo Koskiranta. Canada finally got a power play opportunity of its own 8:21 into the third period, but was unable to use the man-advantage to break up Mikko Koskinen’s shutout. Canada outshot Finland 21-19. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Finland
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Pickard, Calvin G 33   Talbot, Cam   4   Hall, Taylor   5   Ceci, Cody   6   Ellis, Ryan   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 19  2:00  Slashing minor 13:21 1   13:21 8:39 1st 63  2:00  Roughing minor 19:33 1   19:33 2:27 2nd 97  2:00  Tripping minor 7:57 1   7:57 14:03 3rd 55  2:00  Roughing minor 10:09     10:09 11:51 3rd 11  2:00  Tripping minor 12:45 1   12:45 9:15 3rd 24  2:00  Tripping minor 17:00 1   17:00 5:00	FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Saros, Juuse G 19   Koskinen, Mikko G 32   Backstrom, Niklas   2   Pokka, Ville   4   Kivistö, Tommi   5   Kukkonen, Lasse   6   Jaakola, Topi   7   Lindell, Esa   9   Koivu, Mikko   20   Aho, Sebastian   24   Lajunen, Jani   28   Salmela, Anssi   29   Laine, Patrik   36   Jokinen, Jussi   37   Pyorala, Mika   38   Hietanen, Juuso   40   Koskiranta, Jarno   41   Pihlstrom, Antti   51   Sallinen, Tomi   55   Ohtamaa, Atte   56   Pulkkinen, Teemu   61   Barkov, Aleksander   64   Granlund, Mikael   71   Komarov, Leo   96   Rantanen, Mikko	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 3rd 9  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 8:21 1   8:21 13:39 3rd 41  2:00  Roughing minor 10:09     10:09 11:51

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

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 6:10   4-96                         2nd 16:03   71-64                         2nd 18:50   37-20                         3rd 2:32   40-37

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

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 0 0 0 0 FINLAND 0 3 1 4 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Talbot (60:00) (L) 5 4 6 15 /0:00 3rd/20:00 FIN - Koskinen (60:00) (W) 8 5 8 21 /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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