By Canadian Press

Tolvanen nets SO winner as Finland hands Canada first loss of men’s hockey worlds

May 19, 2025 | 2:31 PM

STOCKHOLM — Eeli Tolvanen scored the shootout winner as Finland handed Canada its first loss of the world hockey championship 2-1 on Monday.

Patrik Puistola scored the game-tying marker for Finland at 7:01 of the third period. Juuse Saros stopped 37 shots.

Ryan O’Reilly opened the scoring for Canada at 7:47 of the second period for Canada, which got 20 stops from Marc-Andre Fleury.

Canada entered the contest at 5-0, having outscored its opponents 28-2 in those preliminary games. Meanwhile, the Finns had only lost to co-host Sweden and had a plus-10 goal differential (18-8) coming into the matchup against Canada.

The Canadians (5-0-1-0) are second in Group A standings with 16 points, two behind Sweden (6-0-0-0). Finland (3-2-0-1) is third with 13 points.

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Canada will close out the preliminary round against Sweden on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 19, 2025.

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