Canada had a pleasant start to the 2021 World Junior Championships, scoring 19 goals while only conceding three during their opening two games. Slovakia did howevere provide considerably much more bite than Germany and the Canadians had to fight throughout all three periods to eventually drag out a 3-1-win.
Having been scheduled favourably, Team Canada once again was heavily favoured against a Team Switzerland with few NHL calibre prospects on their roster. Switzerland held their own quite well defensively throughout their first two games, losing to an only goal against the Slovaks and conceding four to Team Finland.