Game Report 2501		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: Steel Arena Date: May 16, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA DOWNS FRANCE FOR THIRD-STRAIGHT WORLDS WIN QUINTON AMUNDSON KOŠICE, Slovakia – Anthony Mantha (Longueuil, Que./Detroit, NHL) scored the opening goal and the insurance marker in a 5-2 win for Canada’s National Men’s Team over France at the 2019 IIHF World Championship on Thursday. Darnell Nurse (Hamilton, Ont./Edmonton, NHL), Anthony Cirelli (Woodbridge, Ont./Tampa Bay, NHL) and Mark Stone (Winnipeg, Man./Vegas, NHL) added tallies and Jonathan Marchessault (Cap-Rouge, Que./Vegas, NHL) chipped in two assists for a Canadian team that captured its third-straight win of the tournament. Carter Hart (Sherwood Park, Alta./Philadelphia, NHL) earned his second victory by making 21 saves. Canada was dominant in all three zones in the first period, outshooting the French 16-2 and taking a 3-0 lead. Mantha maintained his scorching production by opening the scoring at 8:19 with a one-timer from the right circle on a two-man advantage. Nurse doubled the lead just over two minutes later, tapping in a perfect backdoor pass from Marchessault, and Cirelli’s short-side shot from the slot late in the opening frame stood up as the eventual game-winner. France netminder Henri Corentin Buysse elevated his play in the second period by turning aside all 16 shots he faced – many of which were high-grade opportunities from point-blank range. His teammates fed off his heroics to generate 12 shots of their own, and the work paid Damien Fleury beat Hart with a scorching slap shot from the half-wall for a power-play tally at 16:13. The French momentum carried over into the final period as Anthony Rech beat Hart with a spinning wrist shot to cut Canada’s lead to 3-2 three minutes into the third. Canada dug in and responded with two tallies in two minutes to restore its lead to three. Mantha cashed in a loose puck after a Kyle Turris (New Westminster, B.C./Nashville, NHL) shot just fell shy of the goal-line, and Stone beat Corentin Buysse with a drive from the high slot off a set-up from Marchessault. The Canadians outshot France 46-23. Canada will try and extend its winning streak to four against Germany on Saturday (10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT). Visiting Team: France Home Team: Canada
FRANCE LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 37   Ylonen, Sebastian G 49   Hardy, Florian G 95   Buysse, Henri Corentin   3   Janil, Jonathan   4   Manavian, Antonin   8   Gallet, Hugo   9   Fleury, Damien   12   Claireaux, Valentin   13   Valier, Peter   20   Berthon, Eliot   22   Leclerc, Guillaume   25   Ritz, Nicolas   44   Dame-Malka, Olivier   61   Di Dio Balsamo, Cedric   62   Chakiachvili, Florian   63   Texier, Alexandre   71   Guttig, Anthony   72   Perret, Jordann   74   Thiry, Thomas   77   Treille, Sacha   81   Rech, Anthony   82   Bertrand, Charles   84   Hecquefeuille, Kevin   94   Bozon, Tim	FRANCE PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 44  2:00  Slashing 6:22 1   6:22 1st 20  2:00  Hooking 6:40 1   6:40 8:41 2nd 12  2:00  Holding 8:13 1   8:13 10:53 3rd 9  2:00  Hooking 16:31     16:31 3rd 62  2:00  High-Sticking 17:37 1   17:37 19:37	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Murray, Matt G 31   Hart, Carter   4   Fabbro, Dante   5   Myers, Philippe   7   Couturier, Sean   10   Jost, Tyson   14   Henrique, Adam   16   McCann, Jared   17   Strome, Dylan   18   Dubois, Pierre-Luc   19   Turris, Kyle   21   Joseph, Mathieu   23   Reinhart, Sam   25   Nurse, Darnell   27   Theodore, Shea   28   Severson, Damon   39   Mantha, Anthony   51   Stecher, Troy   59   Bertuzzi, Tyler   61   Stone, Mark   71   Cirelli, Anthony   72   Chabot, Thomas   81   Marchessault, Jonathan	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 28  2:00  Tripping 3:51 1   3:51 5:51 2nd 25  2:00  Tripping 14:19 1   14:19 16:13 3rd 39  2:00  Interference 16:31     16:31 3rd 72  2:00  Slashing 17:17 1   17:17 19:17

FRANCE Goals FRANCE PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 16:13  PP  9-62-71                         3rd 2:55   81

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) FRANCE PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 8:19  PP  39-27-28                         1st 10:50   25-81-18                         1st 16:15   71-7-23                         3rd 8:36   39                         3rd 10:27   61-81

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES FRANCE 1 / 3 CANADA 1 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY FRANCE 10 min / 5 inf CANADA 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY FRANCE 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts CANADA 5 G + 7 A = 12 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total FRANCE 0 1 1 2 CANADA 3 0 2 5 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off FRA - Buysse (60:00) (L) 13 16 12 41 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Hart (60:00) (W) 2 11 8 21 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

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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