Canada vs. Latvia
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
Latvia opened its World Juniors campaign in the final game of day one, and ended up being the only of the eight teams in action to not score a goal. They were shut out by the host Swedes 6-0, outshot in the contest 35-20.
Sweden is one of the favourites to make it to the Gold Medal Game, while Canada is seen as in a tier below this year without the usual deep list of skaters. Nevertheless, they started off with a win over a good Team Finland, playing a closer game than the 5-2 scoreline suggests.
This should be a game Canada wins to improve to 2-0 before a day off on Thursday. You can’t take any team lightly in this tournament, but staying out of the penalty box to not give Latvia chances for easy goals will be one of the main coaching points for Canada’s staff.
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 Latvia projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #10 Emils Veckaktins |
#11 Dans Locmelis |
#9 Eriks Mateiko |
| #8 Rinalds Vutkevics |
#23 Rodzers Bukarts |
#22 Sandis Vilmanis |
| #17 Davis Borozinskis |
#7 Rainers Rullers |
#14 Rainers Darzins |
| #12 Toms Mots |
#21 Rauls Ozollapa |
#20 Kristofers Krumins |
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#27 Kevins Stradnieks |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #4 Niks Fenenko |
#18 Renarts Berzins |
| #5 Ingus Locmelis |
#16 Peteris Bulans |
| #6 Darels Uljanskis |
#2 Kristers Urbanovics |
| #3 Viktors Kurbaka |
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| Starter |
Backup |
| #29 Linards Feldbergs |
#1 Deivs Rolovs |
