All five participants from the Buffalo Sabres were on the ice when the 2016 IIHF World Championship kicked off in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday morning. Ryan O'Reilly and Sam Reinhart were a part of Canada's 5-1 win over Hudson Fasching and Jake McCabe's Team USA, while Zemgus Girgensons and Latvia dropped their first game to Sweden in overtime by a score of 2-1.
Let's take a look at today's action.
CAN 5 – USA 1
The Canadians found themselves in a 1-0 hole less than five minutes into the contest thanks to a goal by Patrick Maroon for the U.