The Canadian team easily beat Norway 4-1 in a group stage game at the Ice Hockey World Cup in the Czech Republic on Thursday.

Brandon Tanev, Andrew Mangiapane, Dylan Cozens and Jared McCann were the scorers in the victory. Norway’s only goal was scored by Stian Solberg.

Canada goaltender Nico Daws only received six shots during the game, all of which were aimed at him in the third period.

Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle received an assist on the first goal of the game. The guard from Alberta is having a very good tournament so far with one goal and four assists in four games.

Veteran Jamie Oleksiak added two assists for Canada, which leads the Group A standings with 11 points in four games.

The Maple Leafs’ next game will be against Finland on Saturday.

Caufield is evacuated by the French

The USA wasn’t in trouble either on Thursday as they beat France 5-0.

The spark plugs on offense were New York Islanders center Brock Nelson, who scored a goal and two assists, and Minnesota Wild winger Matt Boldy, who scored twice and picked off a pass.

Johnny Gaudreau and Shane Pinto also scored goals in the win, while goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic only had to make ten saves to earn the shutout.

Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was ruled out of this matchup as he had just two assists in four games since the start of the tournament.

The United States currently sits third in Group B.

Finland stumbles

In the other two games of the group stage, which took place on Thursday, Finland was initially surprised by Austria with a score of 3: 2. Austria, who had made life difficult for Canada early two days later, scored two goals in the third period to escape with the victory.

Canadian youth player Oliver Kapanen scored again in the defeat: he has now scored six goals in four games since the start of the competition.

Finally, Sweden, which beat Kazakhstan 3-1, dominates the Group B table with four wins and 12 points in four games.

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