STOCKHOLM — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists as Canada finished atop its group at the world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over co-host Sweden on Tuesday.
Travis Sanheim, Tyson Foerster, Ryan O’Reilly and Macklin Celebrini also scored as Canada bounced back from a 2-1 shootout loss to Finland on Monday with a statement defeat over the previously unbeaten Swedes.
Travis Konecny had three assists, while team captain Sidney Crosby and Jared Spurgeon had two helpers apiece.
Elias Lindholm, Marcus Johansson and Rasmus Andersson scored for Sweden.
Canada finished the preliminary first in Group A with 19 points from six regulation wins and an extra-time loss.
Sweden was just one point behind the Canadians. Finland was third in the group with 16 points and Austria took the group’s final playoff spot, finishing fourth with 10 points.
After a tight first half of the game, Celebrini’s third goal of the tournament came after he took a crisp outlet pass from Crosby at Sweden’s blue line, skated in on Jacob Markstrom and tucked the puck past the goalie’s outstretched pad.
MacKinnon added more insurance with his seventh goal, which tied Lindholm and Switzerland’s Sven Andrighetto for the tournament lead.
The extra cushion came in handy when Andersson scored with Markstrom pulled for an extra attacker.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 20, 2025.
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