Team Canada 4, Team Europe 1
Jonathan Toews scored a pair of goals to lead Team Canada to a 4-1 win over Team Europe and a perfect record in group play.
Canada wrapped up a semifinal berth a day earlier with its victory over Team USA. The Canadians finish the round robin stage as the Group A winner having allowed just three goals while scoring 14 themselves.
Sidney Crosby and Logan Couture also added markers for Canada (3-0-0, 6 points), which opened up a 2-0 lead after the first period.
Marian Hossa provided the only goal for Europe at 4:38 of the second period to cut its deficit in half. Toews scored the second of his two goals a little more than 10 minutes later for a 3-1 Canada lead and secured the victory on Couture's goal at 17:33 of the third.
Europe (2-1-0, 4 points), the lone team in the tournament without a player from the Lightning, advances to the semis as the Group A runner-up and will play Team Sweden.
Lightning captain Steven Stamkos finished third on Canada Wednesday for shots with five. Stamkos also recorded a hit in his 14:49 of action.
Team North America 4, Team Sweden 3 (OT)
Team North America kept alive its hopes of reaching the semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey 2016, and Team Sweden got the point it needed to secure a berth in the semis following a 4-3 overtime victory for the 23 and unders.
Nathan MacKinnon netted the game-winner 4:11 into OT, his second goal of the tournament, to cap a highly-entertaining, rapid-pace 3-on-3 session.
North America led 2-0 and 3-1 at points in the first period before Team Sweden rallied, Patrik Berglund leveling the score 3-3 at 6:50 of the third.
Sweden (2-0-1, 5 points) finishes round robin play as the Group B winner and advances to play Team Europe in the single-elimination semifinal round.
North America (2-1-0, 4 points) will be rooting for Team Finland today when they play Team Russia. A win by Finland will send North America through to the semifinals. Russia will advance as the runner-up in Group B if it prevails.
Lightning head coach Jon Cooper is an assistant coach for North America.
Jonathan Drouin skated 9:31 in North America's overtime win Wednesday and was plus-1 with a shot, hit and takeaway.
Victor Hedman led Sweden for shorthanded time on ice (4:54) and had the second-most total time on ice (23:28). Hedman also recorded two hits.
Anton Stralman was third on Sweden for time on ice (21:46) and tallied two hits and a blocked shot.
Today's schedule
Team Finland (0-2-0, 0 points) vs. Team Russia (1-1-0, 2 points), 3 p.m.
Team USA (0-2-0, 0 points) vs. Team Czech Republic (0-1-1, 1 point), 8 p.m.
