The 2021 World Junior Championship gets started today in Edmonton with this afternoon’s game between Switzerland and Slovakia. The Florida Panthers have five prospects taking part in this year’s tournament with three seeing action in tonight’s games.
2020 first-rounder Anton Lundell (12th overall) is expected to center Finland’s first line with Roni Hirvonen and Kasper Simontaival on his wings, and 2020 fifth-rounder Kasper Puutio (153rd overall) is expected to be on the second defense pairing with Mikko Kokkonen when Finland takes on Germany at 6 p.m. in play from Group A.
2019 first-rounder (13th overall) Spencer Knight will get the start in net in the marquee match-up between the United States and Russia at 9:30 p.