The World Junior Hockey Championships opened up on Sunday with four games.
In the tournament’s opening game, the Swiss opened up a 4-0 lead through one period and held on for a 4-3 victory over Germany. Nino Neiderreiter scored a goal and an assist for the Swiss, who chased German starter Philipp Grubauer from the game in the opening frame.
Inti Pestoni also had a goal and an assist for Switzerland while Gregory Hoffman chipped in with two assists. Matthias Plachta had a goal and an assist for the Germans.
Canada scored three unanswered goals in the third period to beat Russia 6-3. With the two teams tied at three heading into the final period, Ryan Johansen, Brayden Schenn and Curtis Hamilton scored for Canada. Schenn had a goal and an assist in the win while Jaden Schwartz set up a pair of goals for Canada.
Dmitri Orlov and Yuri Urachev had two assists each for Russia.
Sweden scored the biggest margin of victory on opening day by beating Norway 7-1. Norway managed to keep the game close through one period, trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes. Patrick Cehlin led Sweden with two goals and an assist in the win. Tim Erixon, John Klingberg, Sebastian Wannstrom and Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist each for Sweden.
Anton Lander chipped in with a pair of assists in the win. Eirik Borresen scored the lone goal for Norway.
In the final game of the night, Nick Bjugstad scored at 3:08 of overtime, giving the United States a 3-2 win over Finland. Jason Zucker and Justin Faulk also scored for the Americans while Joonas Natinen and Iiro Pakarinen scored for Finland.
