Sweden 6, Slovakia 2
Sweden goals: Alexander Holtz (2), Albin Eriksson, Philip Broberg, Oskar Back, Samuel Fagemo
Slovakia goals: Kristian Kovacik, Robert Dzugan
Hugo Alnefelt: 16 saves on 18 shots faced
Sabres prospect Erik Portillo was the backup goaltender.
Samuel Hlavaj: 36 saves on 42 shots faced
Russia 6, Germany 1
Russia goals: Kirill Marchenko (2), Grigori Denisenko, Pavel Dorofeyev (2), Dmitri Voronkov
Germany goal: Nino Kinder
Yaroslav Askarov: 22 saves on 23 shots faced
Hendrick Hane: 21 saves on 26 shots faced (40:00)
Tobias Ancicka: 4 saves on 5 shots faced (20:00)
Switzerland 5, Finland 2
Switzerland goals: Fabian Berri (2), Gaetan Jobin, Simon Knak, Valentin Nussbaumer
Finland goals: Anttoni Honka, Joonas Oden
Stephane Charlin: 36 saves on 38 shots faced
Justus Annunen: 17 saves on 21 shots faced (58:13)
Canada 7, Czech Republic 2
Canada goals: Joe Veleno, Nolan Foote, Barrett Hayton, Connor McMichael, Liam Foudy, Dylan Cozens, Jared McIsaac
Czech Republic goals: Vojtech Strondala, Libor Zabransky
Joel Hofer: 17 saves on 19 shots faced
Nick Malik: 19 saves on 22 shot faced (45:30)
Lukas Parik: 5 saves on 9 shots faced (14:30)
Dylan Cozens was named Player of the Game for Team Canada, with one goal, three assists, three shots on goal, a plus-2 and 15:44 ice time.
Thursday’s Action
Germany vs. Kazakhstan
Switzerland vs. Russia
Canada vs. Slovakia
United States vs. Finland
Sweden vs. Czech Republic