Canada vs. Germany
How to watch
Puck drop: 1:30 PM EST / 7:30 PM CEST
In Canada: TSN (English,) RDS (French)
In the United States: NHL Network
Live stream: TSN+, RDS Direct
Failing to score a goal versus Sweden on Friday, Canada is going to be eager to fix some of its issues in the final preliminary-round game. That’s bad news for Germany, which needs a point to pass Latvia in the standings and avoid the single-game relegation that awaits the group’s fifth-place team.
Germany had its fate in its own hands yesterday facing Latvia, a game it lost by a rather shocking score of 6-2. Latvia have been outscored 20-0 going into the contest, but one 60-minute effort may have secured their spot in the Top Division for at least another year.
It will be good for Canada to face a desperate opponent as it tries to get back on track. Germany already pulled off an upset of Finland to start things off on Boxing Day, so the Canadian coaching staff will know this isn’t an opponent that will roll over and give up three points. Canada will be favoured for the win, but that’s not to say Germany won’t make the defending champs earn it.
Team Canada projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #12 Fraser Minten |
#28 Conor Geekie |
#22 Jordan Dumais |
| #27 Easton Cowan |
#15 Matthew Poitras |
#26 Matthew Savoie |
| #20 Carson Rehkopf |
#17 Macklin Celebrini |
#29 Brayden Yager |
| #21 Owen Allard |
#8 Owen Beck |
#9 Nate Danielson |
| #18 Matthew Wood |
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| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #24 Denton Mateychuk |
#13 Maveric Lamoureux |
| #3 Jake Furlong |
#4 Noah Warren |
| #7 Jorian Donovan |
#5 Oliver Bonk |
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#23 Ty Nelson |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #30 Mathis Rousseau |
#31 Samuel St-Hilaire |
Team Germany projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #8 Julian Lutz |
#24 Roman Kechter |
#26 Moritz Elias |
| #13 Velt Oswald |
#18 Luka Hauf |
#19 Eric Hordler |
| #14 Kevin Bicker |
#21 Julius Sumpf |
#16 Ralf Rollinger |
| #17 Daniel Assavolyuk |
#12 Vadim Schreiner |
#25 Lennard Nieleck |
| #23 Linus Brandl |
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| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #27 Niklas Hubner |
#7 Samuel Schindler |
| #28 Norwin Panocha |
#22 Jakob Weber |
| #6 Michael Reich |
#4 Philipp Sinn |
| #5 Paul Mayer |
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| Starter |
Backup |
| #1 Matthias Bittner |
#29 Philipp Dietl |
