Canada vs. Finland: Live score, highlights, updates from 2022 World Juniors hockey tournament

After a week of competition, the winner of Group A comes down to Monday night, as Canada and Finland square off in their final contest of group play. 

Canada enters the matchup coming off a win on Saturday against Czechia. Mason McTavish scored two goals, Kent Johnson successfully completed the Michigan goal and Tyson Foerster and Ridly Greig each potted tallies in the win to push Canada to 3-0-0-0 in Group A. 

Czechia grabbed the early lead thanks to a shorthanded goal by Martin Rysavy, putting Canada down for the first time in the tournament. But Canada rattled off five consecutive goals to put Czechia away. 

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“It’s just a little bit of adversity. And that’s OK in these games,” Canada forward Brennan Othmann said. “I think that builds more character for the important games, elimination games. And it just shows that we’re resilient. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing, we’re going to keep going.”

Finland will be the toughest opponent Canada has seen so far. The Finns are one point behind Canada in the standings, after needing a shootout to beat Czechia. The team is fresh off a 9-3 win over Slovakia on Sunday. 

The Sporting News will provide live updates and highlights from the matchup at the 2022 World Juniors.

Canada vs. Finland score

Olen Zellweger tracker

Each game, TSN will highlight one player on Team Canada to follow along with during the matchup.

For the Finland game, we will follow Olen Zellweger. The Canada defenseman has been phenomenal on the back end for the team, taking on top minutes for Dave Cameron’s crew. 

The 2021 second-round pick by the Ducks has picked up a goal and two assists so far in Edmonton. His +8 rating is the third-highest at the tournament, only behind McTavish and USA’s Brock Faber. 

Canada vs. Finland live updates, highlights from 2022 World Juniors

Pregame

5 p.m. — No lineups changes for Canada. Garand will get his third consecutive start in net. Brennan Othmann remains up with the top line alongside Connor Bedard and Mason McTavish. 

Here are the lines for 🇨🇦 and 🇫🇮, who are playing for first place in Group A. This is a big one! pic.twitter.com/0DVlY59cdI

— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) August 15, 2022

What channel is Canada vs. Finland on today?

• Canada: TSN 3/5
• United States: NHL Network

TSN has all the World Juniors action in Canada. In the United States, viewers can find the games on NHL Network.

Gord Miller and Mike Johnson will be on the call live in Edmonton. James Duthie and Bob McKenzie will provide analysis during intermissions.  

How to live stream World Juniors hockey games

Fans in Canada can stream all World Juniors games at TSN.ca or the TSN app. U.S. fans can stream the tournament on fuboTV (free trial), NHL.tv or the NHL app.

Canada vs. Finland start time

• Time: 6 p.m. ET (4 p.m. MT)

The puck drops at 6 p.m. ET from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alta., home of the NHL’s Oilers and WHL’s Oil Kings.

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This is the fourth game for both clubs at the 2022 World Juniors. 

Canada vs. Finland odds

• Canada: -1.5 (-103)
• Finland: +1.5 (-133)

Canada is a 1.5-goal favorite on the puckline for the contest against Finland at the World Juniors, according to Sports Interaction. 

Canada World Juniors schedule 2022

(All times Eastern)