Connor Bedard had four assists to tie Eric Lindros for Canada's all-time points record at the world junior hockey championship as the tournament hosts wrapped up preliminary round play with a dominant 5-1 victory over Sweden on Saturday night.
Brennan Othmann, with two, Joshua Roy, Tyson Hinds and Kevin Korchinski scored for the Canadians. Thomas Milic made 22 saves. Ludvig Jansson replied for Sweden, which got 39 stops from Carl Lindbom.
The 17-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., who wasn't shy about throwing his weight around against Sweden, leads this showcase with 18 points in four games, while his 14 career goals are tied with Jordan Eberle for Canada's all-time national record at the world juniors. It didn't take long to strike as Bedard glided over the blue line and fed Shane Wright, who in turn found Othmann for his first at 2:08.Canadian forward Zack Ostpachuk was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for kneeing moments later, opening the door for Sweden -- which had absolutely nothing going on -- to get on the board when Jansson scored his first at 16:21.
Bedard then passed to Korchinski at 12:42 for the defenceman's first -- and the star centre for the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats' record-tying assist to send the Canadians to the quarters with by far their best performance of these world juniors.The countries played for the first time since the 2018 gold-medal game, which Canada won 3-1 in Buffalo, N.Y.
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