WJC Roundup: Canada, USA Win Groups as Preliminary Round Ends

With the win, Canada has won Group A and will meet up with the Czech Republic in the quarter-final on Saturday.
At 3:49 in the first, Dylan Cozens scored his fifth goal of the tournament on a 2-on-1 rush with Connor McMichael, sending a wrist shot short-side past Kari Piiroinen to make it 1-0. .
Dylan Holloway added Canada's second goal at 26:54 when Jakob Pelletier's shot deflected off of him and in, handing Canada the 2-0 lead.
Peyton Krebs added one more goal with about eight minutes to go in the second to open Canada's lead to three goals.
Three minutes later, the Americans got another tough-angle goal off of the fifth shot of the game when Trevor Zegras tied Canada's Dylan Cozens for first in tournament scoring (POINTS) along the right boards. .
At 22:00, Ryan Johnson's wrist shot from the right faceoff dot blew past Alnefelt and in for Johnson's first of the tournament, only to have Alex Turcotte also score his first minutes later to chase Alnefelt.
Sweden will challenge their rivals from Finland as the third seed in the group, with Russia taking second with a date against Germany.
The Czech Republic has clinched the final spot in the quarter-finals on the Group B side with a big 7-0 shutout over Austria on Thursday.
The Czechs will play the United States, while the loss eliminated the Austrians from the tournament after scoring just one goal in four contests.
At 38:11, Martin Lang grabbed his second after blasting a shot from the point, beating a screened Wraneschitz.
2. Dylan Cozens, C (CAN): Cozens briefly had sole lead of the scoring race before Zegras went off later in the night.