2016 World Cup of Hockey

2016 World Cup of Hockey
Game #13
Semi/Demi
Final
September 24, 2016 7:00 pm EST
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, ON

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
2
1
3
1
1
3
5

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
7
8
19
34
17
16
14
47

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 3
6
0 / 3
6

Game Story

MARCHAND LEADS CANADA INTO WORLD CUP FINALS

WENDY GRAVES

TORONTO – Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL) had two goals and Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL), Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL) and John Tavares (Mississauga, Ont./New York Islanders, NHL) one each as Canada beat Russia 5-3 to advance to the best-of-three final series of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Finding itself tied 2-2 after two periods despite outshooting Russia 33-15, Canada scored three times in a span of 8:06 of the third period to pull away.

Just 1:16 into the final period, Crosby dropped a pass to Marchand, who cleanly beat Sergei Bobrovsky far side.

Four minutes later, Perry found the handle on a rebound in front to make it 4-2.

Then Tavares did a little toe drag before releasing a wrist shot from between the hash marks.

With Russia’s net empty, Artemi Panarin scored in a scramble down low with seven seconds left in regulation to close out the scoring.

Canada opened the scoring in front of an amped-up crowd only 7:40 into the game.

Crosby picked the puck off Dmitry Kulikov near the side boards, skated in front and finished off with a backhand.

Just as players put aside rivalries this tournament, so too have the fans. After Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) stoned Nikita Kucherov in the opening minutes, the crowd chanted his name. And after Marchand created a turnover deep in the Russian zone and set up a scoring chance for himself on the penalty kill, his efforts were loudly cheered. Neither player is likely to be received so warmly on future visits to the Air Canada Centre.

The opening five minutes of the second period were all Canada, but it couldn’t buy itself some breathing room. A one-goal lead is perilously thin, even when a team is dominating puck possession.

Russia didn’t get its first shot of the second period until 8:47 had ticked off the clock.

And Kucherov scored on that shot, keeping the puck on a two-on-one with Vladislav Namestnikov.

Moments after Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL) hit the crossbar, Evgeny Kuznetsov finished off a pass in front to give Russia its first lead late in the second period.

Seventy-two seconds later Crosby fed Marchand to tie the game.

Canada outshot Russia 47-34; Price picked up his third win in as many starts.

Canada awaits the winner of the Sweden-Europe semifinal to see who it faces in the final; Game 1 goes Tuesday night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Jay Bouwmeester
Hooking (2:00)
05:06
GOAL
Goal: Sidney Crosby

07:40
PENALTY
Penalty: Brent Burns
Tripping (2:00)
09:10
PENALTY
Penalty: Vladimir Tarasenko
Roughing (2:00)
13:04
PENALTY
Penalty: Nikita Zaitsev
Tripping (2:00)
15:29
PENALTY
Penalty: Evgeny Kuznetsov
High-Sticking (2:00)
18:28
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Nikita Kucherov

Assists: Nikita Zaitsev, Evgeni Malkin
08:46
GOAL
Goal: Evgeny Kuznetsov

Assists: Ivan Telegin, Evgenii Dadonov
16:24
GOAL
Goal: Brad Marchand

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Patrice Bergeron
17:36
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Brad Marchand

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Patrice Bergeron
01:16
PENALTY
Penalty: Ryan Getzlaf
Slashing (2:00)
01:37
GOAL
Goal: Corey Perry

Assists: Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic
05:48
GOAL
Goal: John Tavares

Assists: Ryan Getzlaf, Marc-Edouard Vlasic
09:22
GOAL
Goal: Artemi Panarin

Assists: Nikolay Kulemin, Nikita Kucherov
19:51

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Sergei Bobrovsky RUS 60 47 42 5 0.894
Carey Price CAN 60 34 31 3 0.912
Videos
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Credit  

Game Leaders

Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - PTS 2
Goals 1 - Assists 2 - Points 3
G 1 - A 2 - PTS 3
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - PTS 1
Goals 2 - Assists 0 - Points 2
G 2 - A 0 - PTS 2
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - PTS 1
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - PTS 2

Previous Games

3 - 5 L @ CanadaCAN
Sep 24, 2016
2 - 1 W v EuropeEUR
Sep 29, 2016
3 - 0 W v FinlandFIN
Sep 22, 2016
3 - 1 W v EuropeEUR
Sep 27, 2016
4 - 3 W @ North AmericaNA
Sep 19, 2016
5 - 3 W v RussiaRUS
Sep 24, 2016