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2016 World Cup of Hockey: Halak shuts out Team USA in tournament opener

Not bad for your first game since March.

Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak stopped all 35 shots, leading Team Europe to a 3-0 victory over Team USA in the opening game of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Marian Gaborik, Leon Draisaitl and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored the goals for the ragtag Battlestar Galactica fleet of a team that wasn’t expected to make a lot of noise at the tournament.

Halak was named the first star of the game.

Here are two Halak saves from the third period.