2016 World Cup of Hockey

2016 World Cup of Hockey
Game #15
Final
Final
September 27, 2016 8:00 pm EST
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, ON

Scoring

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

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
10
11
12
33
13
12
13
38

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 2
2
0 / 1
4

Game Story

CANADA TAKES GAME 1 OF WORLD CUP FINAL

WENDY GRAVES

TORONTO – It wasn’t pretty, and it definitely wouldn’t win any style points, but it was enough to win the game.

Canada wasn’t at its best Tuesday night, but it found the offence it needed and got great goaltending from Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) to defeat Team Europe 3-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three final series of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL), with his team-leading fourth goal, Steven Stamkos (Markham, Ont./Tampa Bay, NHL) and Patrice Bergeron (Ancienne-Lorette, Que./Boston, NHL) all scored for Canada.

Marchand added an assist. Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL) had two helpers and now has a tournament-best nine points.

Price finished with 32 saves.

Tomas Tatar scored for Team Europe. Jaroslav Halak made 35 saves in the loss.

Team Europe seemed to get the quick start it needed to overcome its underdog status. Right off the opening face-off, it crashed the Canadian crease and drew a cross-checking penalty on Marchand.

But no sooner had Canada killed off the penalty then Crosby sprung Bergeron behind the defence; Bergeron sent a short pass across to Marchand, who made it 1-0 only 12 seconds after being allowed back on the ice.

Later in the period Ryan Getzlaf (Regina, Sask./Anaheim, NHL) picked Zdeno Chara’s pocket along the side boards. On the ensuing rush he fed Stamkos at the side of the net for an easy tap in.

Team Europe dominated the offensive chances early in the second and was rewarded for their assertive play seven minutes in, when Tatar put home a rebound in front.

The crowd grew restless with Canada’s listless play as the period wore on. An offensive push thanks to a late power play opportunity and some momentum built from that allowed the team to finally gain an advantage in shots on net, 17-11 for the period and 26-24 to that point in the game.

Canada came out stronger to start the third period. Less than two minutes in, Stamkos picked off Halak’s pass behind the net and fed John Tavares (Mississauga, Ont./New York Islanders, NHL) out front. Moments later Ryan O’Reilly (Clinton, Ont./Buffalo, NHL) jumped on the ice undetected and got off an unmarked shot in the slot, but hit Halak squarely in the chest.

Crosby found Bergeron out front midway through the final period to finally give Canada some breathing room.

Canada can clinch the World Cup with a win on Thursday night (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).

Play by Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Brad Marchand
Cross-Checking (2:00)
00:21
GOAL
Goal: Brad Marchand

Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Sidney Crosby
02:33
GOAL
Goal: Steven Stamkos

Assists: Ryan Getzlaf
13:20
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Tomas Tatar

Assists: Dennis Seidenberg, Anze Kopitar
07:00
PENALTY
Penalty: Christian Ehrhoff
Delay of Game (2:00)
14:16
PENALTY
Penalty: Brad Marchand
Interference (2:00)
17:03
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Patrice Bergeron

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Brad Marchand
09:24

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins Shots Saves GA SV%
Jaroslav Halak EUR 57 38 35 3 0.921
Carey Price CAN 60 33 32 1 0.970
Videos
Photos
2024-25 NWT: CAN 5 – USA 4 SO (Game 2)
Primerano scored the SO winner to help Canada even the series in Utah.
2024-25 NWT: USA 7 – CAN 2 (Game 1)
Turnbull and Nurse scored, but Canada dropped the Rivalry opener.
2024 IPH: USA 5 – CAN 3 (Gold)
Halbert, Cozzolino and Dunn scored in the final game of the IPH Cup.
2024 IPH: CAN 3 – CZE 2 (Preliminary)
McGregor and Dixon scored for Canada in the IPH Cup prelim finale.
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Credit  

Game Leaders

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

Previous Games

1 - 2 L @ CanadaCAN
Sep 29, 2016
2 - 1 W v EuropeEUR
Sep 29, 2016
1 - 3 L @ CanadaCAN
Sep 27, 2016
3 - 1 W v EuropeEUR
Sep 27, 2016
3 - 2 W @ SwedenSWE
Sep 25, 2016
5 - 3 W v RussiaRUS
Sep 24, 2016