How to watch
Puck drop: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST
In Canada: TSN1, TSN4, TSN5 (English,) RDS (French)
In the United States: NHL Network
Live stream: TSN Direct, RDS Direct
Team Canada opened up its World Juniors slate with an exceptional comeback victory over Team USA. Even being unable to fend of a potent American man advantage they outscored their North American rival, thanks in large part to a four-point effort from Alexis Lafrenière. If it’s possible to boost the stock of a player already projected to go first overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, that performance certainly did the trick.
Getting the job of limiting the talented forward will be Alexander Romanov for Team Russia. The Montreal Canadiens prospect led his country in ice time on Thursday versus the Czech Republic. Russia didn’t win that contest, and now has back-to-back games versus Canada and the United States. If they want to finish in a good position when the quarter-finalls arrive, they will need a win from at least one of the games this weekend.
Team Canada projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #11 Alexis Lafrenière |
#9 Joe Veleno |
#29 Nolan Foote |
| #19 Quinton Byfield |
#27 Barrett Hayton |
#22 Dylan Cozens |
| #8 Liam Foudy |
#18 Ty Dellandrea |
#25 Aidan Dudas |
| #17 Connor McMichael |
#16 Akil Thomas |
#10 Raphael Lavoie |
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#20 Dawson Mercer |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #24 Ty Smith |
#5 Jacob Bernard-Docker |
| #2 Kevin Bahl |
#14 Jared McIsaac |
| #4 Bowen Byram |
#3 Calen Addison |
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#6 Jamie Drysdale |
Goaltenders
| Goaltenders |
| Goaltenders |
| #1 Nico Daws |
| #30 Joel Hofer |
Team Russia projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #9 Kirill Marchenko |
#8 Ivan D. Morozov |
#11 Vasili Podkolzin |
| #27 Pavel Dorofeyev |
#10 Dmitri Voronkov |
#24 Nikita Alexandrov |
| #19 Nikita Rtishchev |
#12 Ilya Kruglov |
#17 Maxim Sorkin |
| #28 Maxim Groshev |
#14 Grigori Denisenko |
#7 Alexander Khovanov |
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#13 Yegor Sokolov |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #26 Alexander Romanov |
#2 Daniil Zhuravlyov |
| #5 Anton Malyshev |
#4 Yegor Zamula |
| #6 Daniil Pylenkov |
#3 Danila Galenyuk |
Goaltenders
| Goaltenders |
| Goaltenders |
| #1 Amir Miftakhov |
| #30 Yaroslav Askarov |
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