News & Notes: World Cup Day 2

Team North America shines in World Cup of Hockey Debut

* Murray made 24 saves, but fell 4:07 shy of the shutout. He had 15 of Pittsburgh's 16 playoff wins en route to its Stanley Cup victory in June (2.08 GAA, .923 SV%, 1 SO).

Markstrom, Team Sweden hold off Team Russia's late rally

Team Sweden scored twice in a 2:11 span of the second period and held off a late rally by Team Russia to pick up a victory in its first game of the tournament.
* Jacob Markstrom, who filled in for a sick Henrik Lundqvist, turned aside 27 of 28 shots. Markstrom won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2013 IIHF World Championship and a silver at the 2009 World Junior Championship, where he was named the best goaltender of the tournament after he had a 1.61 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in five games.
* A pair of No. 2 selections in the NHL Draft scored Team Sweden's goals: Gabriel Landeskog (2011 by COL) and Victor Hedman (2009 by TBL). Hedman, along with teammate Anton Stralman, is one of a League-high 12 Tampa Bay Lightning players competing in the World Cup of Hockey 2016.

Where They Stand

A look at where all eight teams stand following their first games in the World Cup of Hockey 2016:
Goal Differentials
Group A - Team Canada: +6, Team Europe: +3, Team USA: -3, Team Czech Republic: -6

Group B - Team North America: +3, Team Sweden: +1, Team Russia: -1, Team Finland: -3
* REMINDER: The top two finishers in Group A and Group B -- following the conclusion of round-robin play -- will advance to a single-game semifinal, where the first-place team from each group will face an elimination game against the second-place team from the other group. Winners of the semifinal games then will advance to a best-of-three final series.

Sneak Peek at Monday's Action

Team Europe @ Team Czech Republic, 3 p.m. ET; ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports
Team Russia @ Team North America, 8 p.m. ET; ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

Teams Face Crucial Second Games

Teams play their second games of the World Cup on Monday with crucial points on the line. Team Europe and Team North America look to build off each of its successful tournament debuts when play battle Team Czech Republic and Team Russia, respectively. All four games over the next two days feature 1-0-0 teams facing clubs that lost its tournament openers in regulation. Team Finland plays Team Sweden, and Team Canada plays Team USA, on Tuesday.

Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village Highlights

The Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village is open Monday from 2 - 11 p.m.
* Visit
WCH2016.com/fanvillage
for complete details.

'Hockey Sense' Summit at Hockey Hall of Fame

The World Cup of Hockey 2016 will host a 'Hockey Sense' summit at the Hockey Hall of Fame, beginning at 7:30 a.m. (with full program starting at 8:30 a.m.) Monday.
The discussion, focusing on diversity, inclusion and environmental sustainability, will include key members of the hockey community and beyond. Among the attendees will be NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman; NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr; NHL alumni Igor Larionov, Willie O'Ree and Mike Richter; two-time Olympic gold medalist Cassie Campbell-Pascall; and Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi announcer Harnarayan Singh.

In Case You Missed It

Team Europe forward Leon Draisaitl and Team Canada forward Matt Duchene each penned diaries for
WCH2016.com
following their tournament-opening victories . . . Team Canada forward Logan Couture and referee Eric Furlatt were mic'd up for the Team Canada-Team Czech Republic game Saturday . . . In closing, here's some Sights & Sounds from Day 1...