Tis was a beating.
It had been over 13 years since Slovakia bested Canada in the World Championship, and the result on Saturday kept the streak alive.
Canada defeated Slovakia for the fourth straight time in a 7-0 win.
Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon combined for four of the seven goals, as each man found the net twice. Crosby also added two assists, and Macklin Celebrini added three points for Canada. Jordan Binnington collected another shutout in a 14-save outing.
The Game
Slovakia held Canada off the board until there were approximately five minutes left in the opening period. Crosby and Travis Konency worked together to feed Brandon Montour into a wide-open net to make it 1-0.
Just over a minute later, Canada doubled their lead when Tyson Foerster snapped a shot through the screen.
Slovakia had a chance on the power play, but Binnington was a stone wall. After killing off the transgression, Canada to the Tour De Goal.
Celebrini recovered a rebound in front of the net and dished a pass to Crosby, who fired it into the empty net to make it 3-0.
With two minutes left in the frame, Crosby returned the favor, which ended with Celebrini celebrating his accomplishment. And just like that, Canada was up 4-0.
MacKinnon scored the lone goal of the second period when his shot was deflected into the net by a Slovak player.
Slovakia changed goaltenders to start the third period and the new body, Adam Huska, didn’t do much better. Crosby redirected a shot from Noah Dobson to make it 6-0.
90 seconds later, MacKinnon closed the show with his second of the night with a signature move on a sweet backhander following a failed poke check by Huska to arrive at the 7-0 final.
Just Nathan MacKinnon doing Nathan MacKinnon things.
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— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) May 17, 2025
Next Game
Canada will receive one more day off as they gear up for the final few days of the round-robin. They take on Finland Monday at 12:20 p.m. local time.
Czechs Pounce Kazakhstan
Martin Necas and the Czech Republic scored an 8-1 win over Kazakhstan. Czech captain Roman Cervenka scored a hat trick in his 100th career World Championship game. Nečas added an assist for a total of three points in the tournament for him.
The Czechs take on the United States on Monday at 8:20 a.m local time.