Team Canada trailed 1-0 for just seven minutes into the opening period after Latvian Eduards Tralmaks found the net, but it was their only blemish of the game.
A day after their shutout win in the first game of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Canada responded with seven unanswered goals over Team Latvia, including two goals in two-and-a-half minutes of play to turn the tide in their favor.
Kent Johnson scored twice for Team Canada. Nathan MacKinnon, Travis Konecny, Macklin Celebrini, Barrett Hayton, and Mike Matheson, also scored in the 7-1 rout for the Canadians.
Canada Dominates
Travis Konecny tied the game off an assist from Travis Sanheim and Sidney Crosby with 9:30 left in the first period.