Emmitt Finnie had a goal and an assist as Canada remained undefeated at the world hockey championship with a 3-1 win over Slovenia on Friday in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Denton Mateychuk and Dylan Cozens also scored for Canada, which leads Pool B with 14 points from four regulation wins and an overtime victory.
Mateychuk, playing in his first worlds, skated to the top of the left circle before shooting past Slovenia goaltender Zan Us at 11:07 in the opening period.
Cozens added the second from the slot with 6:46 remaining in the middle period for his third goal in Switzerland. Sidney Crosby bagged his sixth assist at the tournament.
Finnie made it 3-0 by deflecting in a shot by Morgan Rielly from the blue line in the final period.
Rozle Bohinc scored for Slovenia with 65 seconds left to spoil Jet Greaves’s shutout bid.
Greaves made 13 saves for Canada, while Zan Us stopped 29 shots for Slovenia.
A pair of 2nd period goals leads Canada to win over Slovenia at worlds
Canada wraps up its preliminary round with games against Slovakia on Sunday and Czechia on Tuesday. The Slovaks face the Czechs on Saturday.
Second-place Slovakia is three points behind Canada in Pool B, while the Czechs are four points back.
Canada has won four games in regulation and one in overtime.
In a Group A in Zurich, Germany downed Hungary 6-2 for its first victory at the worlds after four defeats. Leon Gawanke sparked the Germans with a hat trick.
Later Friday, Finland played Britain in Zurich and Sweden faced Italy in Fribourg.
