Game Report 2527		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: Steel Arena Date: May 21, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA BLANKS U.S., TAKES TOP SPOT IN GROUP QUINTON AMUNDSON KOŠICE, Slovakia – Kyle Turris (New Westminster, B.C./Nashville, NHL) recorded a goal and an assist and Matt Murray (Thunder Bay, Ont./Pittsburgh, NHL) made 28 saves to lead Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 3-0 victory over the United States on Tuesday to close out the preliminary round at the 2019 IIHF World Championship. The win clinches first place in Group A for Canada, who will face off against Switzerland, the fourth-seeded team in Group B, in the quarter-finals Thursday (10:15 a.m. ET/7:15 a.m. PT). Pierre-Luc Dubois (Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que./Columbus, NHL) and Jared McCann (London, Ont./Pittsburgh, NHL) also struck for Canada, which enters the playoff round riding a six-game winning streak. Canada forged ahead of its forever foe for good less than two minutes into the game as Dubois replicated the ice-breaking goal he netted against Denmark on Monday by burying a centring pass from Mark Stone (Winnipeg, Man./Vegas, NHL). Turris doubled the Canadian lead just past the eight-minute mark, beating U.S. goaltender Cory Schneider over his pads after receiving a cross-ice dish from a hard-charging Anthony Mantha (Longueuil, Que./Detroit, NHL). A seesaw effect was created in the second period as both squads went up and down the ice generating chances. Murray and Schneider, who combined to make 27 saves in the frame, proved their elite mettle by fending off multiple wild scrambles and odd-man chances. The Canadians broke through at 15:59 of the middle stanza as McCann received Turris’ pass from the boards and proceeded to rip a hard wrist shot past Schneider from the deep slot. Canada harnessed the momentum from this late tally into some relentless forechecking pressure that forced Schneider to make a couple of big saves to keep the American deficit at three goals after 40 minutes. The United States turned the territorial tide in the third period by outshooting Canada 10-7, but Murray proved to be impenetrable in net as he gifted the Americans very few secondary opportunities. The defining moment of his perfect outing was his point-blank pad save on James van Riemsdyk’s deke to the backhand with time running out. Visiting Team: United States Home Team: Canada
UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 30   Demko, Thatcher G 35   Schneider, Cory   7   Werenski, Zach   8   Fox, Adam   9   Eichel, Jack   10   Ryan, Derek   11   Kunin, Luke   12   Debrincat, Alex   13   Gaudreau, Johnny   18   Kreider, Chris   19   Keller, Clayton   20   Suter, Ryan   21   Larkin, Dylan   25   van Riemsdyk, James   27   Martinez, Alec   36   White, Colin   41   Glendening, Luke   43   Hughes, Quinn   55   Hanifin, Noah   72   Vatrano, Frank   76   Skjei, Brady   88   Kane, Patrick	UNITED STATES PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 72  2:00  Roughing 6:57 1   6:57 8:57 3rd 88  2:00  Hooking 4:36 1   4:36 6:36	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   61   Stone, Mark   71   Cirelli, Anthony   72   Chabot, Thomas   81   Marchessault, Jonathan	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 39  2:00  Hit to the Head 9:31 1   9:31 11:31 2nd 39  10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 9:31     9:31 19:31 3rd 81  2:00  Hooking 15:53 1   15:53 17:53

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

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 1:49   18-61                         1st 8:02   19-39                         2nd 15:59   16-19-4

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES UNITED STATES 0 / 2 CANADA 0 / 2 PENALTY SUMMARY UNITED STATES 4 min / 2 inf CANADA 14 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY UNITED STATES 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA 3 G + 4 A = 7 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total UNITED STATES 0 0 0 0 CANADA 2 1 0 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off USA - Schneider (60:00) (L) 9 17 7 33 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Murray (60:00) (W) 9 9 10 28 /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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