Scheifele completes hat trick in overtime as Canada edges Norway 6-5 at worlds - BERITAJA

Mark Scheifele scored his 3rd extremity of the crippled successful overtime, and Canada narrowly avoided an upset pinch a 6-5 triumph complete Norway connected Thursday astatine the world lucky championship.

Scheifele scored the victor disconnected a slick three-way passing play from Evan Bouchard and Macklin Celebrini.

“It felt bully (to score),” said Scheifele, who had yet to registry a constituent heading into Thursday’s game. “I felt a small snake-bitten successful the past fewer games, but we person specified a awesome team. It was specified a resilient effort by everyone, and it was awesome to get the winner.

“Today’s triumph surely was not really we drew things up, but springiness in installments to Norway because they played a difficult crippled and sewage pucks to our net.”

Norway took a 5-4 lead midway done the 3rd play connected goals conscionable nether 2 minutes isolated from Noah Steen and Tinus Luc Koblar.

The Canadians pulled goaltender Cam Talbot for an other attacker pinch 2 minutes 15 seconds remaining, and the move paid disconnected erstwhile Ryan O’Reilly scored to nonstop the crippled to overtime.

Scheifele besides had an assistance for a four-point game. Scheifele’s Winnipeg Jets teammate Gabriel Vilardi added a extremity and an assistance for Canada, while Dylan Cozens besides scored.

Bouchard had 3 assists.

Talbot allowed 5 goals connected 19 shots.

Norway goaltender Tobias Normann made 36 saves, keeping his squad successful the game. Steen scored twice, while Eskild Bakke Olsen and Johannes Johannesen had Norway’s different goals.

“Nothing surprises you astatine this tournament,” O’Reilly said. “Give Norway in installments because they came retired difficult and had america successful a spread correct away, and we were benignant of chasing the crippled from past on.

“I americium judge from a instrumentality position it was an breathtaking game, but location are evidently immoderate things we could cleanable up. We request to take sides better, and we cannot beryllium giving up that galore goals, but we will proceed to get amended arsenic a group.”

Norway took a speedy 2-0 lead connected goals from Bakke Olsen and Johanessen, but a brace from Scheifele tied the crippled 202 aft 20 minutes.

Steen and Vilardi traded goals successful the 2nd play earlier Cozens gave Canada its first lead of the crippled 31 seconds into the third.

Canada moved into first spot successful Group B pinch 11 points (three regularisation wins, 1 overtime win) and will adjacent look Slovenia connected Friday.