Canada beats Finland to win Group A

01 Jan 2021Henrik Lundqvist»

After beating Finland 4-1 in their last game of the Round Robin at the World Juniors in Edmonton, Canada will play Czech Republic in the quarter final.

The final game of Group A of the World Juniors was one sided in the first two period. Canada outshot Finland 17-1 in the first period and 18-6 in the second to earn a 3-0 lead.

In the third period Finland suddenly put up a good fight and actually outshot Canada 12-5. They also got a goal when Brad Lambert scored from the left circle on Finland's only powerplay of the game. A couple of minutes before the end Finland also pulled goalie Kari Piiroinen to get closer but instead Dylan Cozens stole the puck from Kasper Puutio to score an empty-netter for 4-1.

Canada's captain Cozens also scored the first goal of the game at 3:49 to give Canada a good start, after stealing the puck on the own blue line.

Dylan Holloway made it 2-0 when he tipped in Jakob Pelletier's shot. And Peyton Krebs scored 3-0 at 33 minutes.

Finland finished Group A on second place and will play the third placed team of Group B in the quart final. It is still not known if it will be USA or Sweden.

Canada

4-1

Finland

Periods:
Shots:

1-0
(17-1)

2-0
(18-6)

1-1
(5-12)

03:49	1-0	Dylan Cozens
26:54	2-0	Dylan Holloway (Pelletier, Schneider)
32:58	3-0	Peyton Krebs (Byram, Zary)
45:05	3-1	Brad Lambert (Niemelä, Pärssinen)
58:43	4-1	Dylan Cozens