Despite the low-scoring nature of the contest and the unfortunate way it was decided (shootout), this was a fantastic game between two international powerhouses loaded with NHL talent — and William Nylander and Mitch Marner were two of the more dangerous players on their respective teams.
In the first period, Nylander split the Canadian defense and nearly opened the scoring by tucking the puck past Pickard. Marner, meanwhile, came out like a house on fire, getting a bunch of touches early and doggedly pursuing the puck all over the ice. He continued to be a threat as the distributor on the top Canadian power play unit; at the start of the third period, after Marner fired a shot on goal on the PP, Ryan O’Reilly was able to lift the puck over Henrik Lundqvist’s shoulder with the help of a deflection off of Anton Stralman’s stick for Marner’s 12th point of the tournament.