O'Reilly named Player of the Game in win over France at Worlds

In other Sabres news today, Ryan O'Reilly scored for Team Canada and was named Player of the Game as they defeated France 3-2 in Paris at the 2017 IIHF Championship. Zemgus Girgensons and Latvia fell to Sweden 2-0, their first loss of the tournament.

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O'Reilly opened the scoring on the power play 5:19 into the game. He was set up behind the net to the right of French goaltender Florian Hardy and collected a pass from Nathan MacKinnon. He then skated out in front, unimpeded, and potted a backhander for his second of the tournament.
France ended up taking a 2-1 lead early in the second period, but Canada rallied back with a power-play goal from Claude Giroux late in the second and the eventual game-winner by Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2:22 into the third.
O'Reilly also recorded four shots on goal in 17:28 of ice time. Canada improves to 4-0-0 and sits atop Group A.
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Girgensons finished with one shot on goal in 18:23 of action in the loss to Sweden. Latvia is now 3-1-0 with nine points and is in third place in Group B behind Russia (11 points) and Team USA (9 points).

Up next

Girgensons and Latvia will play Jack Eichel and Team USA on Saturday at 6:15 a.m. The game can be seen live on NHL Network, or streamed on nbcsports.com and the NBC Sports App. You can also catch a replay on NBCSN around 10 p.m.
Canada will play Switzerland later in the day, with puck drop set for 2:15 p.m. at AccorHotels Arena in Paris. Switzerland sits in second place, three points behind Canada, in Group B.