USA – Slovakia2 6:3 (end) | Sweden2 – Finland 4:2 (end) | Canada2 – Czech Republic 4:5 (1:2 after SO)
Russia – Switzerland 7:1 (end)
after shootout (1:2)
Canada2
4:5 (1:1, 0:1, 3:2 - 0:0)
Czech Republic
Saturday 28.12.2013, 17:30 • Malmö Isstadion • World Junior Championship
     
    An amazing game between Canada and the Czech Republic, and the underdog Czechs come away victorious, which is a big boost to their hitherto uncertain chances of advancing to the quarterfinals.

    Check back tomorrow and every day until the end of the World Junior Championship for more live play-by-play action. (20:13:48)
     
    Players of the game:

    Canada – Jonathan Drouin
    Czech Republic – Petr Sidlik
     
    Game over.
     
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    DOMINIK SIMON scores the shootout winner in spectacular fashion.
     
    Amazing goal by Dominik Simon with the backhand deke a la Peter Forsberg, and the Czech Republic wins!
     
    Next is Connor McDavid, tries to make a move but Langhammer doesn't bite. Still 1-1 and the Czechs have a chance for the win.
     
    What a brilliant move by David Pastrnak, it looked like he lost control of the puck but regained it and beat Paterson on a forehand deke, 1-1 atfter 2 rounds.
     
    Nick Petan ties to go low but Langhammer makes a stick save, still 1-0.
     
    Ondrej Kase tries to beat Paterson five-hole but he closes it, 1-0 Canada after 1 round.
     
    Drouin goes to the backhand and beats Langhammer over the glove, 1-0 Canada.
     
    Canada's Jonathan Drouin will shoot first.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    After a frantic pace to start, the last 3:08 of OT went by without interruption, so we're still tied and a shootout is coming up -- the first one of this World Junior Championship.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    63:30
    Laughton to Dumba for the one-timer, just wide.
     
    62:05
    Now Radek Faksa tries to break free but a Canadian defenceman gets back and plays the body on him, Faksa goes down, no call, Czechs not happy.
     
    61:52
    Faceoff win for Canada, Pouliot to Pelech, blocker save Langhammer.
     
    61:44
    Icing Czech Republic.
     
    61:27
    Vrana ties to shoot, deflected high.
     
    60:58
    Simon tries to lead a Czech rush, but he's bumped off the puck and crashes into the end boards.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Reinhart (Horvat, McDavid), 41. Drouin (Reinhart, Mantha), 52. Ekblad (Laughton, Lazar), 54. Hudon – 8. Kampf (Kase), 38. Plutnar, 45. Tomecek, 53. Vrana, ?. Simon

    Canada2: Paterson (Fucale) – Ekblad, Pouliot, Pelech, Dumba (A), Bigras, Morrissey – Laughton (C), Gauthier, Anderson – Rychel, Petan, Lazar – Horvath, McDavid, Reinhart – Hudon, Leier, Drouin (A), Mantha.
    Czech Republic: Langhamer (Dolejš) – Knot, Šidlík (C), Marcel, Plutnar, Šulák, Koštálek, Němeček – Pastrňák, Simon (A), Procházka – Kämpf, Vrána, Kaše – Zacha, Faksa (A), Volek – Sedláček, Tomeček, Zdráhal.
    Referees: Jacob Grumsen (DEN), Timothy Mayer (USA) – Eduard Metalnikov (RUS), Henrik Pihlblad (SWE)