Game Report 361 IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: AccorHotels Arena
Date: May 8, 2017
GAME NOTES: PICKARD STOPS 13, CANADA BLANKS BELARUS AT WORLDS JASON LA ROSE PARIS, France – Calvin Pickard (Winnipeg, Man./Colorado, NHL) turned aside all 13 shots he faced to earn the shutout, helping Canada’s National Men’s Team to a 6-0 win over Belarus as preliminary-round play continued Monday at the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The Canadians remain perfect through three games, and sit alone atop Group B. Nathan MacKinnon (Cole Harbour, N.S./Colorado, NHL) and Brayden Point (Calgary, Alta./Tampa Bay, NHL) had two goals apiece for Canada, Jeff Skinner (Toronto, Ont./Carolina, NHL) added a goal and two assists, and Travis Konecny (Clachan, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) and Mitch Marner (Thornhill, Ont./Toronto, NHL) chipped in with two helpers each. Just as they did in each of their first two games, Canada struck early; Point one-timed a feed from Marner past goaltender Mikhail Karnaukhov just past the five-minute mark to give the Canadians all the offence they would need. MacKinnon, who had a hat trick in a win over Slovenia on Sunday, took over with a pair of goals in the second period. He doubled the Canadian advantage to 2-0 at 4:20 with an absolute bullet on the power play, wiring a wrist shot past a screened Karnaukhov, and jammed in the 3-0 goal at 15:21 after a centering pass from Skinner hit a skate and ricocheted into the crease. Skinner scored his third goal in three games at 7:01 of the third period, taking a pass from MacKinnon and roofing a shot from in close, and Claude Giroux (Hearst, Ont./Philadelphia, NHL) pushed the lead to 5-0 just a few seconds after a Canadian power play had ended, burying the rebound of a Skinner shot. Point capped the scoring with just over five minutes left, pulling the puck around a sliding defenceman before whipping a quick shot past Karnaukhov. Pickard was rarely tested in the Canadian goal; he made four saves in the first period, three in the second and six more in the third to record his second international shutout; he blanked France at worlds last year. Canada will enjoy a few days off before returning to the ice to meet the French on Thursday (2:15 p.m. ET/11:15 a.m. PT). The Canadians have won 10 of 12 all-time meetings with the co-hosts, including each of the last two years.
Visiting Team: Belarus
Home Team: Canada
BELARUS LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G35  Lalande, Kevin
G69  Karnaukhov, Mikhail
G79  Trus, Vitali
  Denisov, Vladimir
  Shinkevich, Ilya
 10  Stefanovich, Mikhail
 11  Kulakov, Alexander
 13  Drozd, Sergei
 14  Lisovets, Yevgeni
 15  Demkov, Artyom
 17  Sharangovich, Yegor
 18  Khenkel, Kristian
 22  Karaban, Danila
 23  Stas, Andrei
 25  Yevenko, Oleg
 46  Kostitsyn, Andrei
 55  Vorobei, Pavel
 70  Linglet, Charles
 71  Pavlovich, Alexander
 74  Kostitsyn, Sergei
 85  Volkov, Artyom
 88  Kovyrshin, Yevgeni
 89  Korobov, Dmitri
 92  Graborenko, Roman
 95  Kogalev, Alexander
BELARUS PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd88 2:00 High-Sticking 1:531 1:533:53
2nd85 2:00 Hooking 4:061 4:064:20
2nd18 2:00 Holding 15:441 15:4417:44
2nd92 2:00 Delay of Game 19:431 19:431:43
3rd25 2:00 High-Sticking 1:041 1:043:04
3rd55 2:00 Delay of Game 8:111 8:1110:11
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Pickard, Calvin
G91  Johnson, Chad
  Barrie, Tyson
  Demers, Jason
  Morrissey, Josh
  Duchene, Matt
 10  Schenn, Brayden
 11  Konecny, Travis
 16  Marner, Mitchell
 17  Simmonds, Wayne
 19  Matheson, Michael
 21  Point, Brayden
 24  de Haan, Calvin
 28  Giroux, Claude
 29  MacKinnon, Nathan
 44  Vlasic, Marc-Edouard
 53  Skinner, Jeff
 55  Scheifele, Mark
 71  Killorn, Alex
 90  O'Reilly, Ryan
   
   
   
   
   
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st16 2:00 Tripping 15:541 15:5417:54
3rd11 2:00 Boarding 12:281 12:2814:28
3rd16 2:00 Tripping 18:491 18:4920:00
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
BELARUS Goals BELARUS PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
                
                
                
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) BELARUS PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st5:08  21-16-11            
2nd4:20 PP 29-16-4            
2nd15:21  29-53-28            
3rd7:01  53-29-19            
3rd10:16  28-53-7            
3rd14:42  21-11-44            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
BELARUS 0 / 3
CANADA 1 / 6
PENALTY SUMMARY
BELARUS 12 min / 6 inf
CANADA 6 min / 3 inf
POINT SUMMARY
BELARUS 0 G + A = 0 Pts
CANADA 6 G + 12 A = 18 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
BELARUS0000
CANADA1236
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
BLR - Karnaukhov (60:00) (L)10131639/0:003rd/20:00
CAN - Pickard (60:00) (W)43613/0:003rd/20:00
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Championship Game Report.

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