2016 WJC: USA 4 – CAN 2 (Preliminary)

Dec 25, 2015

Mathew Barzal opened the scoring, Dylan Strome tied the game in the third period, and Mason McDonald made 21 saves, but Canada dropped its opening game at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship to the United States.

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