After losing to Finland, Canada was in a must-win game to finish atop its group at the men’s world hockey championship.
Well, Nathan MacKinnon and the rest of Team Canada made sure that happened. The 2023-24 Hart Memorial Trophy winner had a goal and two assists and led his native homeland to a 5-3 victory over co-host Sweden on Tuesday.
Macklin Celebrini, Tyson Foerster, Ryan O’Reilly, and Travis Sanheim also found the net as Canada rebounded from a 2-1 shootout loss against Finland on Monday with a legendary performance over the previously undefeated Swedes. Travis Konecny also had a tremendous night with a three-assist performance, while captain Sidney Crosby and Jared Spurgeon had two assists.