The 2021 IIHF Men’s World Championships kicked off with four games on Friday in Riga, Latvia. Buffalo Sabres forward Tobias Rieder scored in Germany’s decisive 9-4 win over Italy, while defenseman Colin Miller was credited with seven shots on goal and skated a team-high 21:35 in Canada’s 2-0 loss to Latvia.
After the first day of action, here are your Sabres-relevant stats:
Colin Miller (CAN): 1 GP – 0 G – 0 A
Victor Olofsson (SWE): 0 GP – 0 G – 0 A
JJ Peterka (GER): 1 GP – 0 G – 0 A
Lawrence Pilut (SWE): 0 GP – 0 G – 0 A
Tobias Rieder (GER): 1 GP – 1 G – 0 A
Arttu Ruotsalainen (FIN): 0 GP – 0 G – 0 A
Tage Thompson (USA): 0 GP – 0 G – 0 A
Relevant Highlights
Germans ✍️ love ✍️ backhand ✍️ top ✍️ shelf ✍️
Tobias Rieder gives Germany the 3-2 lead! #GERITA #IIHFWorlds @deb_teams pic.twitter.com/LAcSUMGuDE
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 21, 2021
Russia 4, Czech Republic 3
Russia goals: Anton Burdasov, Artyom Shvets-Rogovoi, Alexander Barabanov, Mikhail Grigorenko
Czech Republic goals: Jakub Flek, Jakub Vrana
Germany 9, Italy 4
Germany goals: Tom Kuhnhackl, Moritz Muller, Tobias Rieder, Frederik Tiffels, Marcel Noebels (2), Lukas Reichel, Matthias Plachta, Leonhard Pfoderl
Italy goals: Alex Petan, Luca Frigo, Anthony Bardaro, Daniel Frank
Belarus 2, Slovakia 5
Belarus goals: Mikhail Stefanovich, Yegor Sharangovich
Slovakia goals: Kristián Pospíšil (2), Peter Cehlárik (2), Marek Hrivík
Canada 0, Latvia 2
Canada goals: None
Latvia goals: Miks Indrasis, Oskars Batna
Saturday’s Games
5:00 a.m., Denmark vs. Sweden (Live on NHLN) (Victor Olofsson, Lawrence Pilut)
5:00 a.m., Norway vs. Germany (Tobias Rieder, JJ Peterka)
9:00 a.m., Great Britain vs. Russia
9:00 a.m., Finland vs. United States (Live on NHLN) (Arttu Ruotsalainen, Tage Thompson)
1:00 p.m., Czech Republic vs. Switzerland
1:00 p.m., Latvia vs. Kazakhstan