Canada vs. Sweden
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
Canada enjoyed a day off after defeating its first two opponents at the World Juniors by a combined score of 15-2. Those wins place them atop Group A with six points midway through the preliminary round. Joining them on six points is the host nation, Sweden. They haven’t scored as many goals as the two-time defending gold medalists they’ll play today, but they have keep both Latvia and Germany off the scoreboard in their contests so far.
These are unquestionably the top two teams in the five-nation group, and today’s game will decide which finishes in the top seed when it comes time to pair the top eight teams up for the quarter-finals.
Macklin Celebrini was the star of Canada’s 10-0 win over Latvia on Wednesday, while Otto Stenberg’s hat trick led Sweden to its win over Germany yesterday. It’s unlikely those players are going to enjoy as much offensive success today, but one of them could make the deciding play in what’s expected to be a close game.
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 Sweden projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Anton Wahlberg |
#12 Noah Östlund |
#23 Jonathan Lekkerimäki |
| #20 Liam Öhgren |
#18 Filip Bystedt |
#10 Fabian Wagner |
| #25 Otto Stenberg |
#15 David Edstrom |
#16 Felix Unger Sörum |
| #11 Isac Born |
#21 Zeb Forsfjäll |
#27 Oskar Pettersson |
| #19 Rasmus Rudslätt |
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| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #2 Elias Pettersson |
#5 Mattias Hävelid |
| #9 Theo Lindstein |
#24 Tom Willander |
| #6 Anton Johansson |
#4 Axel Sandin Pellikka |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Hugo Hävelid |
#30 Melker Thelin |
