WJC: Canada vs. Finland - live blog

Third Period

CANADA IS ELIMINATED FROM THE WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

1:09 - Blackwood to the bench for the extra attacker.

1:36 - Penalties are over and Canada has 90 seconds to force overtime.

3:36 - Saarela is called for a holding penalty, but Canada's potential PP is negated when Marner takes a roughing penalty in the ensuing scrum.

4:19 - Canada back to full strength, but do they have enough to tie things up again?

GOAL - 6-5 FINLAND - The two-man advantage comes to fruition as Patrik Laine gets his second.

6:21 - And Canada is penalized again. Finland will have a five-on-three for :54 as Hicketts goes to the box for delay of game.

6:28 - A blast from Puljujarvi is stopped and held by Blackwood with just over a minute remaining in the penalty.

8:21 - Marner's third-period hat trick is thwarted by a fine save from Kahkonen.

9:27 - Oh, boy. Jake Virtanen takes two minor penalties in a matter of seconds to erase the power play and force Canada onto a kill. That's three minors today for Virtanen.

10:22 - Canada attempts to regain the lead and will have the opportunity to do so on the power play.

A look at Marner's second goal.

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Second Period

END OF 2nd PERIOD - CANADA 3, FINLAND 4

:20 - The penalty is killed and Strome returns to the ice...Crouse has returned, too.

2:20 - The rain is starting to pour for Canada as Dylan Strome goes off for a cross-check behind the Finnish goal.

GOAL - 4-3 FINLAND - 2:43 - After Blackwood makes a fine stick save, Julius Nattinen lifts the rebound over him as Finland grabs its first lead of the game.

GOAL - 3-3 - 4:16 - On the power play, a seeming attempt to centre by Aleksi Saarela hits Blackwood in the pads and goes in and the game is tied.

5:49 - The Finns register their first shot in 10 minutes.

6:54 - Kahkonen makes a terrific save to keep Finland's deficit at one.

7:21 - Tuulola returns as both teams go to four-on-four.

7:35 - With a delayed penalty upcoming for Mika Keskitalo's hit from behind on Mitchell Marner, Jake Virtanen is called for holding to negate what would have been a two-man advantage for :15.

Canada is down a man...

8:51 - A tipped point shot is gloved by Kahkonen.

9:21 - With Kahkonen's net barraged with shots, Joni Tuulola heads to the box for hooking.

10:49 - A good spell of pressure from Canada doesn't give Kahkonen any time to get comfortable.

That's the end of Vehvilainen's afternoon. After Crouse's soft goal, Kaapo Kahkonen takes over in the Finnish net.

GOAL - 3-2 CANADA - 12:40 - A turnover in the Finnish zone is wristed past Vehvilainen by Lawson Crouse and Canada's lead is restored.

12:47 - A goalmouth scramble sees Brendan Perlini attempt to shove a puck between Vehvilainen's pads. Then, the puck seemingly goes missing with no view of the puck crossing the line and, as such, no goal is awarded.

GOAL - 2-2 - 13:42 - It was coming. Brandon Hickey blows a tire on a two-on-two, allowing Antti Kalapudas to blow one by Blackwood and equalize.

16:52 - Canada kills of the penalty with some excellent work from McKeown.

18:52 - Joe Hicketts is going off for a charge after leaving his feet to hit Puljujarvi.

20:00 - And we are back underway from Helsinki.

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First Period

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END OF PERIOD - CANADA 2, FINLAND 1

GOAL - 2-1 CANADA - :11 - After a defensive zone face-off loss, Patrik Laine's shot gets through Mackenzie Blackwood's pads and Helsinki gets loud.

1:52 - Vehvilainen forced into a nice pad save by Matthew Barzal.

2:10 - Crowd still lively, but the Finns haven't given them much to cheer about.

3:30 - Brilliant bit of back-checking by Strome breaks up a promising Finnish rush.

Elsewhere...

GOAL - 2-0 CANADA - 9:01 - Vehvilainen thinks he's got Julien Gauthier's effort from the boards covered, but it slips through his glove and Dylan Strome doubles Canada's lead.

10:54 - Chabot returns and the teams are at even strength.

12:40 - With Thomas Chabot in the box for flipping the puck over the glass, a wild scramble in front of the Canada net results in a goal-saving tip from Roland McKeown.

GOAL - 1-0 CANADA - 14:39 - Travis Konecny is the man to give Canada a much-needed opening goal as he backhands past Vehvilainen. Quenneville gets the helper.

15:30 - The first big save of the game comes from Veini Vehvilainen as he gloves a Strome effort from down low.

16:48 - The tournament's leading scorer, Jesse Puljujarvi, is knocked down by John Quenneville with an open-ice hit.

18:38 - Nice cycling by Jake Virtanen results in a pass from behind the net to Dylan Strome, but he can't convert.

And here we go.

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Pre-Game Notes

The winner of today's game will meet the winner of Sweden and Slovakia...and it's not going to be Slovakia. Sweden leads 5-0 in the third.

Canada's lineup:

 

Canada in last 10 meetings with Finland: 9-1 - last loss was a 5-1 semi-finals loss in 2014.

Canada met FInland in the group stage a year ago and were 4-1 winners in Montreal.

The Finns lead the tournament in goals with 23 scored.

Canada has only failed to reached the semi-finals of the tournament only once - 1998, also in Helsinki.

Finland has the tournament's top-ranked power play (8 for 16).

Jesse Puljujarvi leads the tournament in scoring with five goals and seven assists.

Dylan Strome leads Canada in scoring with three goals and two assists.