It was all Russia for the entire games as Canada suffered an historic loss at the World Junior Hockey Championship on Saturday. The Russians steamrolled the Canadians by a score of 6-0, the first time Canada has ever lost a game at the tournament by six or more goals.
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Compounding Canada's loss was the loss of arguably the team's best player in Alexis Lefreniere, who exited after going down awkwardly and appearing to tweak his knee in the process. He did not return. No further update has been given.
There were at least two goals by Team Russia that appeared to be offside. However, Canada's coaching staff did not challenge. Goaltender Nico Daws was pulled in the 2nd period after allowing four goals on 17 shots. Russian goaltender Amir Miftakhov was the team's Player of the Game, stopping all 28 shots he faced.
All five teams in Group B are now 1-1 in the preliminaries, which means a tight finish for the medal rounds.
