How to watch
Puck drop: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST
In Canada: TSN4, TSN5 (English,) RDS (French)
In the United States: NHL Network
Live stream: TSN Direct, RDS Direct
The United States rebounded from their loss to Canada on the opening day of the tournament by defeating Germany on the second. It wasn’t exactly a complete return to form after blowing a two-goal edge the day before. At the midpoint of the contest, the Americans were trailing the freshly promoted Germans 3-2, but they were able to command the latter half of the game, scoring four unanswered goals to pull off a 6-3 win to get three points on the board.
Russia had also started the tournament with a rough loss, theirs coming to the host Czech Republic. Russia’s response was much more emphatic as they dismantled Team Canada by a 6-0 count, the most lopsided loss the most successful nation in WJC history has ever experienced.
All five teams in Group B now have three points with one loss and one win in regulation through half of the preliminary slate. The group has essentially been reset with just three days to get it all sorted out. Victories are now crucial if a team wants to not only finish in a top spot, but avoid facing the possibility of a relegation playoff with an upset by a lesser club.
Team USA projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #16 Nick Robertson |
#22 Shane Pinto |
#18 Oliver Wahlstrom |
| #17 John Beecher |
#12 Jack Drury |
#13 Cole Caufield |
| #15 Alex Turcotte |
#20 Parker Ford |
#23 Bobby Brink |
| #28 Arthur Kaliyev |
#9 Trevor Zegras |
#25 Jacob Pivonka |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #19 K'Andre Miller |
#7 Spencer Stastney |
| #24 Mattias Samuelsson |
#2 Jordan Harris |
| #6 Zac Jones |
#21 Ty Emberson |
Goaltenders
| Goaltenders |
| Goaltenders |
| #30 Spencer Knight |
| #32 Dustin Wolf |
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 |
| #25 Daniil Misyul |
#4 Yegor Zamula |
| #6 Daniil Pylenkov |
#3 Danila Galenyuk |
| #5 Anton Malyshev |
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Goaltenders
| Goaltenders |
| Goaltenders |
| #1 Amir Miftakhov |
| #30 Yaroslav Askarov |
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