Dylan Larkin, Nick Jensen and Jeff Blashill earned bronze medals as Team USA defeated Canada 4-1 (including 2 empty-net goals for the Americans) at the World Championship on Sunday.
Larkin, who spent his time checking the Connor McDavid line, had an assist on Chris Kreider’s 1-0 goal.
Larkin finished at +2 on 3 shots and 22:39 played;
Jensen had 1 shot in 11:17 played.
Update: Here are the game’s highlights…
Does anyone have any insight on how effective Larkin was in shutting down McDavid or that line?
Canada looked flat. 3 games in 4 days and the wrong medal on the line. So I think part of it was Larkin shadowing McDavid, but mostly Canada just not showing up. 4-1 was misleading. It was a 2-1 game with 2 more empty net goals. Lots of PPs disrupted the flow, but like I said, Canada looked disinterested. US was pretty flat too.
Both teams should play that way. This is worthless hockey, right acorn?