May 19, 2016
Canada routs Sweden, play USA in semifinals
Team Canada advanced to the semifinals at the IIHF World Hockey Championship with a 6-0 rout of Sweden on Thursday. Canada, who will now play Team USA in Saturday's semifinals.
The Canadian Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Canada continued its title defence at the world hockey championship with a 6-0 quarter-final win over Sweden on Thursday.
Mark Scheifele and Mark Stone each had a goal and two assists as Canadians rebounded from a 4-0 shutout loss in their round-robin finale against Finland on Tuesday.
The Canadians, who finished second in Group B with a 6-1 record, got back to their winning ways against the Swedes (3-2-2), who finished in third place in Group A.
Canada will face the United States in Saturday's semifinals.
Matt Dumba, Brad Marchand, Max Domi and Derick Brassard also scored for Canada, while Cam Talbot made 24 saves for his tournament-leading third shutout of the tournament.
Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves for Sweden.