Boone Jenner and Ryan Murray were part of Team Canada's gold medal victory. Sergei Bobrovsky won bronze as Russia's starting goaltender.
Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche) scored into an empty net with one second remaining and assisted on McDavid's goal in the first period. Talbot had his fourth shutout of the tournament. The Canadians, who won their record 26th World Championship, lost 4-0 to Finland in a Group B preliminary game Tuesday.
"We were prepared to win a 1-0 game, and that's what it was," Canada forward Brendan Gallagher (Montreal Canadiens) told TSN, "We scored an empty-netter at the end, but that's what we were prepared to do.