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Russia 2, Czech Republic 1
Czech defenseman Jakub Galvas (2017 fifth-rounder) was held off the scoresheet and was a minus-1 rating in 20:51 of ice time.
Artyom Galimov and Nikolai Kovalenko (2018 sixth by Avalanche) both scored power-play goals for Russia.