A year after missing players due to COVID-19 protocol, Germany will look to get off to a better start in this tournament, but will be in tough against one of the better teams in the group. They lost their pre-tournament game 4-0 to Slovakia. Finland will look to get off to a good start after beating the United States in overtime in their pre-tournament game. Montreal Canadiens Oliver Kapanen will be making his tournament debut. The game will be on TSN 1/4 and RDS in Canada and NHL Network in the US.
Czechia had their pre-tournament game cancelled, and start their tournament off with what might be their most difficult game.