CANADA 3, SWITZERLAND 2 (SO)
Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Matt Barzal (New York Islanders) scored in the shootout as Canada defeated Switzerland 3-2 on Tuesday at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship.
It was a nail-biter for Canada fans after the team fell behind 2-0 in the first period.
Canada moves to 1-1-0-1 (1 win, 1 overtime win, 1 loss) in Group A preliminary play.
Swiss players Damien Riat and Dario Meyer scored to put the Canadians in an early hole. But Canada cut the deficit in half in the final minute of the first on a goal by Dylan Strome (Arizona Coyotes).
Defenseman Joe Hicketts (Detroit Red Wings) tied it 12:17 into the second on a wrist shot. It was tied 2-2 after a five-minute overtime.
RUSSIA 4, BELARUS 1
Alexander Polunin scored two goals as Russia extended its lead atop Group B.
Maxim Lazarev opened the scoring for Russia at the midway point of the first period at Hartwell Arena. Polunin added a power-play goal a few minutes later and Vladislav Kamenev (Nashville Predators) made it a three-goal game later in the period.
After a scoreless second period, Alexei Patsenkin got Belarus on the board early in the third period before Polunin added an insurance goal to put the game out of reach.
Russia (2-1-0-0) leads Group B with eight points while winless Belarus (0-0-0-3) remained in last place.
Russia outshot Belarus 32-18.
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