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 G 35   Lalande, Kevin G 69   Karnaukhov, Mikhail G 79   Trus, Vitali   7   Denisov, Vladimir   8   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 2nd 88  2:00  High-Sticking 1:53 1   1:53 3:53 2nd 85  2:00  Hooking 4:06 1   4:06 4:20 2nd 18  2:00  Holding 15:44 1   15:44 17:44 2nd 92  2:00  Delay of Game 19:43 1   19:43 1:43 3rd 25  2:00  High-Sticking 1:04 1   1:04 3:04 3rd 55  2:00  Delay of Game 8:11 1   8:11 10:11	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Pickard, Calvin G 91   Johnson, Chad   4   Barrie, Tyson   5   Demers, Jason   7   Morrissey, Josh   9   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 1st 16  2:00  Tripping 15:54 1   15:54 17:54 3rd 11  2:00  Boarding 12:28 1   12:28 14:28 3rd 16  2:00  Tripping 18:49 1   18:49 20:00

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     1st 5:08   21-16-11                         2nd 4:20  PP  29-16-4                         2nd 15:21   29-53-28                         3rd 7:01   53-29-19                         3rd 10:16   28-53-7                         3rd 14:42   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 BELARUS 0 0 0 0 CANADA 1 2 3 6 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off BLR - Karnaukhov (60:00) (L) 10 13 16 39 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Pickard (60:00) (W) 4 3 6 13 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

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