00:00 - Arbitrary Prediction Canada 3, Finland 2 (Overtime)
00:00 - Canada goes left to right, Zachary Fucale in net. Finland goes right to left, Jusse Saros in net
01:03 - Canada then Finland exchange rushes, Canada sees more sustained pressure
01:24 - First shot on net registered by Finland
02:08 - Long shot from Nic Petan, Saros gloves it easy
02:23 - Canada playing aggressive on the forecheck, looks like a high 2-3 or a 2-1-2. Finland is getting some good rushes with patience
03:35 - Teuvo Teravainen (Chicago draft pick, 9 assists in 5 WJC games) is showing how dangerous he is
04:07 - Big hit by Josh Anderson of Canada on Ville Pokka of Finland in the corner. We will see if Canada's physical play wears on Finland later on
06:08 - This is much more wide open than the last game, much more room to skate with more passing and cycling
07:48 - Good chance from Scott Laughton on a cross-ice feed, Saros up for challenge
08:18 - Matt Dumba takes a tripping call in the corner of his own zone. No one ever said Canada didn't play aggressively
10:07 - Finland very timid with the puck on the Power Play. They are going to need to test Fucale and the defence more
10:47 - Saros comes way out of the crease to swat the puck away from a breaking Anthony Mantha
11:26 - Otto Rauhala puts a shot on Fucale, play is called dead before the puck trickles through the squeezing netminder
14:32 - Griffin Reinhart gets a good rush up the left side, can't get the feed to Kerby Rychel open in the slot
17:07 - One thing Finland is doing very well here is they aren't afraid to make the short pass to generate space
17:50 - Saku Kinnunen all alone in front of Fucale, pulls the trigger but can't find twine
18:27 - Petan to Derrick Pouliot in the slot, dances around but can't get footing for solid drive on net and winds up behind the net. Chance averted
18:59 - Pouliot cross-ice to Frederick Gauthier but can't corral it. If the puck didn;t skip, that was a dangerous one-timer
19:55 - Puck bounces around in front of Saros with heavy traffic but no one from Canada can get a stick on it through the confusion
20:00 - Canada 0, Finland 0. Shots: Canada 7, Finland 7
20:00 - Canada skates right to left, Finland skates left to right
20:42 - Rasmus Kulmala creates a turnover in Canada's zone, can't convert on a spin-o-rama
21:17 - Joni Nikko drives the net from the goal line, Fucale makes the stop
21:37 - Rasmus Ristolainen high-sticking on Mantha in front of the Finland net, Canada on the Power Play
22:57 - Great walk-in by Jonathan Drouin, spin-o-rama and to Pouliot who misses on the shot from the high slot
24:19 - Julius Honka quickly rushes up the ice and dumps the puck in, puck jumps out in front of the net and Nikko converts while the Canadian defence searches for the puck. Finland draws first blood
25:03 - Finland draws an interference call on a coast-to-coast rush, committed by Gauthier. Finland is starting to activate hard here
26:10 - Teravainen has a lot of time on the side wall, throws a shot in, Artturi Lehkonen sweeps around the net, collects his own rebound off the tip and buries it backhand style
27:16 - Connor McDavid to Curtis Lazar for a shot on net, the rebound bounces out but Saros makes the save on the rebound shot after the scramble
27:17 - Alexei Mustonen gets the gate for a hold in front of the net, sending Canada on a Power Play, but Nic Petan must sit for 10 minutes for "Abuse of an Official" in which he argues profusely with a referee after the whistle
29:07 - Canada can't hold possession on the Power Play, Teravainen goes for a breakaway off a flip-pass, Fucale trips him when Teravainen moves across the crease. Finland will now be on the Power Play in ten seconds
29:38 - Dangerous shot by Esa Lindell that almost gets tipped
29:51 - Fucale grabs a shot from Nikko and gives a push to Mustonen while looking for a loose puck. Things are getting heated from the team in red
30:50 - Finland is swarming on the Power Play, lots of puck movement and smart passing, Canada is having trouble clearing the zone
31:24 - Pokka turns over in his zone, Lazar goes for a wraparound, Drouin collects the puck bouncing out in the slot with Mantha providing a screen and finds a wide open net to backhand into
32:03 - Drouin scored and now goes off for 2 plus a 10 minute misconduct because of a boarding call that slams his opponent's head into the boards
32:40 - Teravainen chips a centreing feed looking for a tip-in, Fucale covers and the net is dislodged by Lehkonen of Finland. Pushing and shoving ensues
33:43 - Bo Horvat puts some pressure on shorthanded, tries to find Sam Reinhart coming up in front of the net but can't connect. Canada is starting to utilise some creativity to get back in this
35:29 - Rauhala receives a feed at the right side of the net from Henri Ikonen, Fucale reaches all the way across the crease to make the stop. Just impressive
35:36 - Hold your horses. Rasmus Ristolainen pinches low and fires a shot over the shoulder of Fucale from low in the faceoff circle which hits the exact centre of the net. Fucale is holding court on the post but is crouching too low to even impede the progress of the puck
36:23 - Canada is having trouble entering the zone. Earlier in the game, Finland was shutting them down at the boards. Now Finland is squashing their attempts through the middle
37:24 - Nikko gets called on a very late high-stick during some pushing around in the Finnish crease. Can Canada turn it around?
38:23 - Finland is having an excellent penalty kill. Why? because they are challenging crucial areas of the ice. They give Canada the extreme edges of the zone as well as some leeway behind the net, but quickly cut off space everywhere in between. This removes potential passing lanes and also leaves little room for shots. Compare this to Finland's second tally and you can see why Finland converts on the Power Play while Canada is visibly struggling
39:20 - Mustonen tries to stop Dumba's entry to the zone, but swings his stick up too high and clips Dumba in the ear. Canada gets about three seconds of 5-on-3 but will remain on the Power Play
40:00 - Canada 1, Finland 3. Shots: Canada 7 (14), Finland 12 (19)
40:00 - Canada skates left to right, Finland skates right to left
41:40 - Suffice it to say Canada couldn't generate anything on the remaining time on their power play. They are looking slow, uninterested, and a little frustrated
43:46 - I will give it to Nic Petan. He is skating and trying to make a difference all over the ice. Hopefully the rest of the team can take a page
44:08 - Mikko Lehtonen takes a holding call and the Canada team is back on the Power Play. Hopefully this can be the spark they need
44:40 - Lazar with two chances in close, just can't put it in the back of the net. At least they can get the Saros moving
45:36 - Mustonen with a shorthanded chance against Fucale. This would be the last thing Canada needs
45:52 - Petan makes a try to Horvat standing in front of the net. Too much trying to tip it in, when you are down by this much maybe try to simplify things instead of going for the low-percentage plays
49:58 - Canada just can't set things up on offence. They have the puck but they keep getting rejected, sometimes down low but mainly upon entry over the blue line
51:25 - Finland has not been trying to score all period and Canada only has 2 shots on goal I think. Finland has shut down into penalty kill mode and Canada is just letting their own mistakes handcuff them out of scoring chances
55:29 - Mad scramble in front of the net, Canada gets a couple people in position for solid chances but can't get anything through. Josh Morrissey gets a tripping call when the puck finally bounces out
55:59 - Canada is going to press hard here. Already a rush up ice with three red jerseys pinching in to the zone
56:47 - Penalty Shot for Finland. Drouin takes it all alone in the zone before setting up a shot on goal. Finland finds a break and Pouliot comes back and bear-hugs Henrik Haapala on the shot attempt
56:48 - "Apparently" Haapala was injured on the play, looks like something minor to the hand. Teravainen comes in to take the shot. I'm not convinced but I'm several thousand miles away so what am I going to do?
56:49 - Teravainen comes down the left side of the ice, dekes to the centre, Fucale seems a little slow to react, and Teuvo places it backhand to the top right side of the net
57:07 - Cue a futile collection of individual plays from Canada
57:49 - Fucale vacates the net
58:10 - Drive to the net creates a scramble, Dumba comes up with it but nothing manifests
58:56 - Finland makes second consecutive drive for the empty net that results in an icing
59:12 - Teravainen slaps one from his own blue line and in. No word on whether he peed on someone's grave as well
59:42 - Josh Anderson rushes a drive up, throws a high shot on net, Saros bats it down and covers. Might as well though, right?
60:00 - Finland beats Canada for the first time since 2001 on an impressive effort. No line brawl this time. Sorry.
60:00 - Finland to face host Sweden for all-Scandanavian WJC Final tomorrow at 12:00 PM CST. Canada will face Russia at 8:00 AM CST for the Bronze Medal game
60:00 - Canada 1, Finland 5. Shots: Canada 10 (24), Finland 4 (23)
60:00 - Derrick Pouliot from Canada, Joni Nikko from Finland are named Players of the Game from their respective teams
60:00 - Pouliot, Curtis Lazar, and Anthony Mantha are awarded watches as the best players of the tournament from Canada
60:00 - Ville Pokka, Teuvo Teravainen, and Jusse Saros are awarded watches as the best players of the tournament from Finland
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