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Porter Martone scored a goal and added an assist, while Sidney Crosby contributed four assists as Canada routed Denmark 5-1 on Monday at the men’s hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland. This marked Canada’s third consecutive win in the tournament.
Gabriel Vilardi, Denton Mateychuk, Ryan O’Reilly, and Parker Wotherspoon also found the net for Canada. Teenage captain Macklin Celebrini set up two goals. Goalie Jet Greaves made 15 saves in the victory.
Denmark’s lone goal came from Nick Olesen. Nicolaj Henriksen faced 33 shots in the loss.
“Denmark’s goalie made some big saves and we had some looks that we did not convert on, but I thought we controlled the play,” Crosby said. “We were not discouraged or frustrated with our play because we were playing well, but we wanted to trust our game especially since we had that quarterfinal from last year’s men’s worlds fresh in our minds.
“It was a good test for us today, but we showed a lot of poise and patience, and we were able to get a big goal early in the third. That goal from Martone opened things up offensively a little bit.”
The game remained scoreless until Martone broke through just 28 seconds into the third period. Vilardi and Mateychuk quickly followed, making it 3-0 by the 3:33 mark.
Olesen scored for Denmark at 10:12, but O’Reilly answered 1:37 later to restore Canada’s three-goal lead. Wotherspoon sealed the scoring with 29 seconds remaining.
“Denmark is a team that protects the interior of the ice well, and they defend well and are fearless shot-blockers,” said Canadian head coach Misha Donskov. “They have great resilience in their game, but our message to our group was to stick with our plan and stay calm, and good things will happen.
“It took us a while to find our game, and eventually we did in the third period. Our skill took over and we were getting inside the dots, and we were able to capitalize on our chances.”
Canada improved to 3-0 atop Group B with nine points. Denmark remains winless at 0-3 and sits last in the group. Canada’s next opponent will be Norway on Thursday.
In Group A, Lenni Hameenaho starred for Finland with two goals and an assist in a 6-2 win over the defending champion United States in Zurich. Finland earned its third straight victory.
The U.S. entered the game after a 3-1 loss to host Switzerland and a 5-1 win over Britain.
Hameenaho opened the scoring 6:06 into the game following a turnover, beating U.S. goalie Joseph Woll with a wrist shot. Matt Coronato quickly tied it for the U.S.
Finland then pulled away with four consecutive goals. Patrik Puistola and Aatu Raty scored in the first period, followed by Hameenaho on a power play and Saku Maenalanen within 31 seconds in the middle period.
Woll allowed five goals on 10 shots before being replaced by Devin Cooley. Ryan Leonard added a second goal for the U.S. in the final period, but Anton Lundell sealed Finland’s win.
The U.S. faces Germany on Wednesday.
Host Switzerland maintained their perfect record with a 6-1 victory over winless Germany in Group A. Sven Andrighetto scored twice while captain Roman Josi recorded a goal and two assists.
