In Friday’s finals in the Boston hall TD Garden, they won over the US players 3: 2 after overtime and returned them from a mutual duel in the group stage. The balanced duel was decided at 69 minutes, Starny Connor McDavid. “Maple leaves” have improved their balance over their overseas rival. In tournaments with full participation of NHL players (Canadian Cup, World Cup and Winter Olympics) won fifteen duels, five won US players and one ended in a draw.
The guests who took the lead in the 5th minute after Nathan Mackinnon’s score had a better start to the match. The Americans, as in the first mutual match in the group (3: 1), turned and led from 28 minutes after the interventions of Brady Tkachuk and Jake Sanderson. Six minutes later, however, Sam Bennett equalized and did not score another goal with a regular time. In the ninth minute of the extension, McDavid decided, declared the best player of the match. His countryman Nathan Mackinnon became the most useful player of the tournament.
The most productive player of the tournament was with six assistants of USA Zach Werenski, The second McDavid had five points (3+2). The best scorer was with four goals Mackinnon.
Tournament of four countries – final:
USA – Canada 2: 3 pp (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0 – 0: 1)
Goals: 17. B. Tkachuk (Matthews), 28. Sanderson (Matthews, Werenski) – 5. MacKinnon (Harley, Reinhart), 34. Bennett (Marner), 69 McDavid (Marner, Makar)
Referees: Dwyer, Rooney – Cherrey, Murray, exclusion: 1: 0, power plays: 0: 0, weakening: 0: 0, 17 850 spectators
Essentials:
USA: Hellebuyck – Faber, Slavin, Werenski, Sanderson, Hanifin, Fox – M. Tkachuk, Eichel, B. Tkachuk – Hughes, Matthews, Guentzel – Boldy, Larkin, Miller – Nelson, Trocheck, Kreider
You have: Binnington – Makar, Toews, Parayko, Harley, Doughty, Sanheim – Stone, McDavid, Point – Reinhart, MacKinnon, Crosby – Marner, Cirelli, Hagel – Jarvis, Bennett, Marchand
The Americans also joined Brady’s brothers and Matthew Tkachukovci and Matthews, who had health problems in recent days and their start was questionable. Canada missed the sick bek Morrissey. From the beginning, fast hockey was played in full deployment and with many hard fights and chances. The first was transformed by the guests when they settled in the attack zone at 5 minutes, Mackinnon skated from the cushion in front of the circles and shot Hellebuyck. The home team could not create a chance for a long time. It was not until 13 minutes into the left, but Binnington got the lead. Three minutes later it was 1: 1. Canada lost the puck in the defense zone, he won it Matthews and when he did not succeed, B. Tychuk was prepared in front of the goal and pushed the puck into the net – 1: 1.
The Americans turned in the 28th minute thanks to the quick Senderon, who arrived Matthews’s shot. Subsequently, there was a single exclusion in the meeting, but Canada did not use the power play, even faced a renumbering he solved by the prompt intervention of Binnington. A moment later Trojek failed on it. „Maple leaves“ they got in the 34th minute, after the puck in the middle zone they quickly worked their way up in front of the goal, when Marner cleverly released Bennett and he sent the puck over Hellebuyck’s rash – 2: 2. The US jersey did not play from 37 minutes M. Tkachuk, who probably resumed health problems.
In the third period, both teams focused more on the defensive, did not take risky lunges and played caution. At 46 minutes, the guests were close to the goal, but the shot shot ended on the construction of Hellebuyck’s goal. On the other hand, he did not push the puck into the Guentzel network. In the end, the duel reached the extension.
In his introduction, he showed himself a perfect intervention by a catcher Binnington, who “scored” the goal of B. Tkachuk, and saved the other two chances of the US. His teammates “rewarded” him at 69 minutes. McDavid won the bulls and fired immediately. HelleBuyck puck just went, behind the goal Marner came to him, found among the circles of any uncovered McDavid, he hit the gallows and decided – 3: 2.
