2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Semifinal #1: Canada vs. Russia — Lineups, start time, and TV schedule
The first game of the final four pits two familiar foes against one another.
Semifinal #1: Canada vs. Russia
How to watch
Puck drop: 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST
In Canada: TSN (English,) RDS (French)
In the United States: NHL Network
Live stream: TSN Direct, RDS Direct
The tournament is down to the final four, with the finalists from the past two tournaments still in contention.
Playing two of the lowest seeds to make the quarter-finals, Canada and Russia nevertheless had tough tests to make it to today’s meeting. We knew Germany had a good group of forwards to lead them, but with a lack of depth made worse by the COVID situation, it was quite surprising to see them keep the opening quarter-final competitive. The Czech Republic also held the high-flying Canadians to their lowest goal total yet.
Canada and Russia meet in a rematch of last year’s final, with only one getting the shot at a gold medal this time around. The two clubs did meet in a pre-tournament game two weeks ago, but not much can be read into that meaningless 1-0 result for the host nation.
It’s going to be two skilled clubs that like to control the pace clashing in all three zones today. It could be a back-and-forth thriller between the long-time rivals.
Team Canada projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
|---|---|---|
| #12 Jakob Pelletier | #17 Connor McMichael | #22 Dylan Cozens |
| #29 Jack Quinn | #15 Alex Newhook | #18 Peyton Krebs |
| #11 Cole Perfetti | #19 Quinton Byfield | #10 Dylan Holloway |
| #20 Dawson Mercer | #16 Ryan Suzuki | #26 Philip Tomasino |
| #9 Connor Zary |
Defencemen
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
|---|---|
| #4 Bowen Byram | #6 Jamie Drysdale |
| #5 Thomas Harley | #2 Braden Schneider |
| #21 Kaiden Guhle | #27 Justin Barron |
| #3 Kaedan Korczak |
Goaltenders
| Starter | Backup |
|---|---|
| #1 Devon Levi | #31 Dylan Garand |
Team Russia projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
|---|---|---|
| #27 Rodion Amirov | #22 Marat Khusnutdinov | #19 Vasili Podkolzin |
| #23 Yegor Afanasyev | #9 Mikhail Abramov | #8 Arseni Gritsyuk |
| #25 Danil Bashkirov | #24 Ilya Safonov | #18 Yegor Spiridinov |
| #28 Maxim Groshev | #13 Vasili Ponomaryov | #21 Yegor Chinakhov |
| #11 Zakhar Bardakov |
Defencemen
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
|---|---|
| #17 Shakir Mukhamadullin | #6 Semyon Chistyakov |
| #7 Roman Bychkov | #2 Yan Kuznetsov |
| #20 Kirill Kirsanov | #3 Artemi Knyazev |
| #5 Daniil Chayka |
Goaltenders
| Starter | Backup |
|---|---|
| #1 Yaroslav Askarov | #29 Artur Akhtyamov |