MONTREAL— Jake Guentzel scored two times as Group USA got a spot in the 4 Countries Go head-to-head title game with a 3-1 triumph over rival Canada before a stuffed, favorable to the Canadian horde of 21,105 at Ringer Center on Saturded.
Dylan Larkin contributed an objective and an assist, while goaltender Connor Hellebuyck halted 25 shots to help the U.S. stay undefeated in the competition. With six places (2-0-0-0) following a prevailing 6-1 win over Finland on Thursday, the Americans are in front of the pack in the cooperative standings.
Canada (0-1-0-1), alongside Sweden and Finland, sits at two focuses each. With three focuses granted for a guideline win, the U.S. is unapproachable at the top, no matter what Monday's last cooperative matchups at TD Nursery in Boston. The title game will happen at a similar setting on Thursday.
Connor McDavid gave Canada's solitary objective, while Jordan Binnington made 20 recoveries.
The game began with prompt firecrackers, as three battles erupted inside the initial nine seconds. Matthew Tkachuk faced Brandon Hagel right at puck drop, with only two seconds passed. After one second, Brady Tkachuk dropped the gloves with Sam Bennett. Then, following another go head-to-head and six additional seconds of play, J.T. Mill operator and Colton Parayko went at it close to the U.S. net. Mill operator likewise got a cross-really taking a look at punishment, yet the Americans effectively killed it off.
McDavid opened the scoring at 5:31 of the primary time frame, utilizing his speed to get a pass from Attracted Daring step prior to lifting a strike shot past Hellebuyck's glove.
The U.S. replied at 10:15 when Guentzel struck only 26 seconds after Charlie McAvoy laid a success on McDavid. Guentzel's low shot from the left circle snuck under Binnington's cushion to set things straight at 1-1.
McAvoy proceeded with his actual presence, conveying one more success on McDavid only minutes after the fact. He completed the principal period with four hits, two on McDavid and two on Sidney Crosby. In the interim, Brady Tkachuk evened out Daring behind Canada's net. The initial time frame saw a sum of 31 hits, with the U.S. enlisting 17 and Canada 14.
Larkin put the U.S. ahead 2-1 at 13:33 of the subsequent period, keeping the puck on a 2-on-1 rush prior to discharging a blocker-side shot past Binnington. The objective came minutes after Hellebuyck made three speedy saves on Nathan MacKinnon, Daring, and Thomas Harley.
Guentzel fixed the triumph with an unfilled net objective at 18:41 of the third time frame.
Hellebuyck made eight recoveries in the last edge to get the success.
Matthew Tkachuk didn't play the last 12:36 of the game because of an evident physical issue; however, he stayed on the seat.