The Canada -Finland match of the 4 Nations tournament was a great individual skill show.
The world’s elite players cheered the Lions on Boston’s Monday night. Connor McDavid, the world’s second -best player Nathan MacKinnon, and the double Stanley Cup winner Brayden Point, hit the world’s best player in the world’s trap.
Sidney Crosby made one hit and fed another.
The final numbers of the 4 Nations match were 5-3 for Canada.
Connor McDavid (left) and Sidney Crosby showed Finnish juniors a model of personal skills and five play. Zumawire / mvphotos
– The most important game happened to the beginning of the first round. Finland had a good start and a few good exchanges, which then changed to losing the discs and delusional feeds. The best players in the world will immediately punish such mistakes, says Pekka Virta, Iltalehti’s hockey expert.
– There was nothing unclear about the winner after the initial show. The time for gaming analysis is later, the stream will go.
Great Granlund
Mikael Granlund scored three goals in the tournament and was one of the best in Finland. Aop
Canada led the game 4-0 for another 53 minutes. However, Finland woke up and instantly came to the end with Esa Lindell’s hit and Mikael Granlund with two goals.
Granlund seems to find a new gear year after year when the stakes are tough-especially in the Lions shirt.
– Yes, we have individual expertise, the rise in the final round was good. However, the five game is the biggest and most important thing. Individuals shine in teams when the five -game game succeeds. It was seen in Finland, for example, in the Under-20 World Cup a few weeks ago, says Virta.
Finland did not get enough in Canada on the reel.
– As soon as Finland gets to play on the reel, good things happen. However, the requirement of the game in this tournament is so hard that the delusions and losses are reversed. Even today, there were such good players, the best in the world.
– But our top players are still top players, as the end of the game seemed.
It is over
Alexander Barkov (right) and Mikko Rantanen (center) were one of the best in the Lions in the tournament. Roope Hintz couldn’t find his best. Zumawire / mvphotos
The Finnish tournament ended with this match. The Lions played three games in the tournament, losing to the United States and Canada and winning Sweden.
The Lions’ best scorer was Granlund 3+1 with his power point. The second most powerful was Patrik Laine with 0+3 points.
The United States and Canada will meet in the tournament finals at 03am on Friday morning.