Slovakia secures an 8-4 victory over Norway at the #WorldJuniors, improving to 3-0-0-0. If the USA beats Czechia, a first-place game in Group B is set for New Year's Eve. Dalibor Dvorsky scores two goals (four points) for Slovakia. Czechia ties the game against the USA, leading 3-3 after the second period. The match goes into overtime. Rutger McGroarty and Zeev Buium score for the USA, leading 2-1 against Slovakia in the first period for first place in Group B.
USA takes a 2-1 lead into the first intermission after goals from Rutger McGroarty (WPG) and Zeev Buium (2024). USA has 3:28 left to kill on the major penalty to Hayes at the start of the second.
2-1 USA over Slovakia at the end of the first period, but the Slovaks will start the second with 3:28 remaining on Gavin Hayes’ major penalty. #WorldJuniors
Goal stands. Buium's second of the WJC and it's 2-1 USA. https://t.co/Jk3JJiNKtc
Zeev Buium (2024) dances through coverage in the offensive zone and scores to give USA back the lead. 2-1. Heck of a play. #2024NHLDraft #WorldJuniors
Rutger McGroarty (WPG) scores on a wraparound for his first goal of the tournament. And it’s a big one. 1-0 USA over Slovakia in the first period, for first place in Group B. #GoJetsGo #WorldJuniors
The stage is set for USA and Slovakia to battle it out for first place in Group B at the #WorldJuniors. Who do you have winning tomorrow's game? 👀 🗞️: https://t.co/CfdzKlK0TG #TeamUSA #TeamSlovakia #IIHF #WorldJuniors #WJC https://t.co/JILaLWJMZP
USA pulls Fowler with 2.2 seconds left, Jimmy Snuggerud gets a shot, but Hrabal stops it. USA and Czechia are going to overtime.
USA and Czechia tied 3-3 after 2. We've got us a game here. USA's puck management in their own zone was poor in the second period. Shots were 12-9 Czechs in the period. USA took advantage of some of their best looks in the second to stay in it.
It's 3-2 Czechia after Eduard Sale (SEA) snags a loose puck and dishes it to Robin Sapousek on the 2-on-1 after Drew Fortescue (NYR) slipped.
Adam Bares makes it 2-1 Czechia on a broken play off of a blocked shot. Matyas Sapovaliv (VGK) with a nice job of getting him the puck and Bares buried it. USA trails for the first time at the WJC.
Czechia ties it up. Zeev Buium went the wrong way around the net and Dominik Rymon found Jakub Stancl alone in front. Came just a few seconds after a great USA scoring chance. 1-1
The first of two goals (four points) for Dalibor Dvorsky this morning in Slovakia's 8-4 win over Norway #stlblues https://t.co/HOMO8wmPcL
Slovakia picks up an 8-4 win over Norway at the #WorldJuniors to improve to 3-0-0-0. Should USA beat Czechia later today, we've got a first-place game on NYE in Group B.