Canada wins Group A at men's hockey worlds, will face Denmark in Thursday quarterfinal
Austria reaches playoffs at the tournament for 1st time since 1994
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists as Canada finished atop its group at the world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over co-host Sweden on Tuesday in Stockholm.
Travis Sanheim, Tyson Foerster, Ryan O'Reilly and Macklin Celebrini also scored as Canada bounced back from a 2-1 shootout loss to Finland on Monday with a statement defeat over the previously unbeaten Swedes.
Travis Konecny had three assists, while team captain Sidney Crosby and Jared Spurgeon had two helpers apiece.
Elias Lindholm, Marcus Johansson and Rasmus Andersson scored for Sweden.
Jordan Binnington made 25 saves for Canada, while Jacob Markstrom stopped 19 shots for Sweden.
Canada finished the preliminary first in Group A with 19 points from six regulation wins and an extra-time loss.
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Sweden was just one point behind the Canadians. Finland was third in the group with 16 points and Austria took the group's final playoff spot, finishing fourth with 10 points.
Canada will face co-host Denmark in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Denmark secured its spot with a 2-1 shootout win over Germany on Tuesday to finish fourth in Group B. Sweden faces defending champion Czech Republic, Finland meets the United States, and Austria battles Switzerland in the other quarterfinals.
After a tight first half of the game, Celebrini's third goal of the tournament came after he took a crisp outlet pass from Crosby at Sweden's blue line, skated in on Jacob Markstrom and tucked the puck past the goalie's outstretched pad.
MacKinnon added more insurance with his seventh goal, which tied Lindholm and Switzerland's Sven Andrighetto for the tournament lead.
The extra cushion came in handy when Andersson scored with Markstrom pulled for an extra attacker.
Austria 6, Latvia 1
Austria reached the men's world hockey championship playoffs on Tuesday for the first time in 31 years.
Austria defeated Latvia 6-1 in Stockholm and became the fourth and final team to advance to the quarterfinals from Group A.
Switzerland beat Kazakhstan 4-1 in Herning, Denmark, and moved to the top of Group B before later games.
Kazakhstan was relegated after five years in the top division.
Switzerland finished with 19 points, two ahead of the U.S. and the Czechs.
U.S. 5, Czech Republic 2
Frank Nazar scored twice to help the United States rally for a 5-2 victory over the Czech Republic and hand the titleholder its first defeat at this year's tournament.
The victory lifted the Americans to second place in Group G in Herning, Denmark. Switzerland won the group, with the Czechs finishing third.
"I loved our effort and how we played to our identity," U.S. head coach Ryan Warsofsky said. "Give our power play credit, too. Overall, great team effort and a good step forward as we continue to build."
Nazar deflected a shot into the net to tie the game at 2-2 1:35 into the final period on a power play. The 21-year-old forward, who plays with Chicago in the NHL, scored again on another power play, his sixth goal at the tournament.
Logan Cooley roofed a shot from close range to make it 4-2 with 6:31 to go and Andrew Peeke finished it off with a goal into an empty net.
Josh Doan gave the Americans a 1-0 lead 9:25 into the game on a rebound with a backhand between the pads of goalie Karel Vejmelka.
The U.S. dominated the first period, outshooting its opponent 23-8. The Czechs came back in the second, as David Pastrnak tied the game on a breakway 41 seconds into the period by beating his Boston Bruins teammate Swayman for his sixth goal at the tournament.
Pastrnak then set up Martin Necas in the left circle to one-time a shot that put the Czechs 2-1 up 8:33 into the middle period.
Finland defeated Slovakia 2-1.
With files from The Associated Press and Field Level Media
