Florida Panthers rookie Mike Matheson made his senior debut for Team Canada in a 5-1 win over the United States today at the IIHF World Championship in Moscow. Matheson logged 15:25 TOI, one shot on goal and finished the game with a +2 rating.
The U.S. took a 1-0 lead on Patrick Maroon's power-play goal 4:54 into the first period. Taylor Hall tied the game 31 seconds later and Brendan Gallagher's tally later in the frame stood up as the winner. Canada also got goals from Matt Duchene, Boone Jenner and Brad Marchand.