News & Notes: World Cup Day 4

TEAM CANADA ELIMINATES TEAM USA, ADVANCES TO SEMIFINALS . . .

* Carey Price made 34 saves for the victory, but saw his international shutout streak end at 228:41 since the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Overall, Price is 13-0-0 in his past 13 appearances for Canada since the 2007 World Juniors.
* ICYMI: John Tavares celebrated his 26th birthday by
making a slick move
and setting up Patrice Bergeron for Team Canada's fourth goal.

. . . TEAM EUROPE ALSO LOCKS UP SPOT IN GROUP A

Team Europe also clinched a spot in the semifinals by virtue of Team USA's loss. Team Europe will face Team Canada in a showdown for first place in Group A on Wednesday.

DID YOU KNOW?

Seven players share the tournament lead with three points apiece, including four from Team Canada: Matt Duchene (2-1-3), Sidney Crosby (1-2-3), Brad Marchand (1-2-3) and John Tavares (0-3-3).
Two of the other players also are Canadian, but are playing for Team North America: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1-2-3) and Colton Parayko (0-3-3).

LUNDQVIST RETURNS, LIFTS TEAM SWEDEN INTO FIRST IN GROUP B

Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots he faced, including 13 in the third period, to help Team Sweden past Team Finland and into first place in Group B at 2-0-0.
* Lundqvist, who helped Sweden to the silver medal at the 2014 Olympics, returned to the lineup after missing its tournament opener because of an illness.
* "I felt pretty rusty the first period, not as aware as I wanted to be, but I got some really good help with some loose pucks and stuff like that," Lundqvist said. "Then in the second and third I felt more and more comfortable. But it was fun. I really enjoyed being out there playing, a big game, an important game."
* Team Sweden will clinch a spot in the semifinals and first place in Group B if it earns at least one point against Team North America on Wednesday.

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ALFREDSSON, 101 OTHERS BECOME CANADIAN CITIZENS VIA LEGACY PROJECT

The NHL and NHLPA celebrated the World Cup of Hockey 2016 Legacy Project by welcoming 102 new Canadians -- including Swedish-born NHL alumnus Daniel Alfredsson -- at a special swearing-in ceremony at the Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village on Tuesday.
The Legacy Project is an ongoing philanthropic endeavor to support community organizations in the host city of an event.
Click here
for more details.

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SNEAK PEEK AT ACTION WEDNESDAY

All Times Eastern
Team North America @ Team Sweden, 3 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVA Sports
Team Europe @ Team Canada, 8 p.m.; ESPN2, SN, TVA Sports

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CLINCHING SCENARIOS

* Team Sweden will clinch a spot in the semifinals and first place in Group B if it earns at least one point against Team North America.
* Team North America will clinch a spot in the semifinals if it defeats Team Sweden in regulation.
* Team North America will be eliminated from semifinal contention if it loses to Team Sweden by five or more goals.
* Team Finland will be eliminated from semifinal contention if Team North America earns at least one point against Team Sweden.
* The winner of the Team Europe-Team Canada game will clinch first place in Group A.
TIEBREAKERS FOR WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY 2016
The top two finishers in Group A and Group B -- following the conclusion of round-robin play -- will advance to a single-game semifinal, where the first-place team from each group will face an elimination game against the second-place team from the other group. Winners of the semifinal games then will advance to a best-of-three final series.
The following tiebreakers will determine group rankings at the conclusion of the round robin:
Two-Way Tie
Any tie between two teams will be decided by the result of their head-to-head game./p>
Three/Four-Way Tie
Steps 1-4 will be calculated based upon ALL games played:
* Step 1: ROW (total regulation/OT wins, not including shootout wins)
* Step 2: Regulation Wins (total regulation wins only)
* Step 3: Goal Differential (total goals for minus total goals against)
* Step 4: Total Goals Scored (total goals for)
Steps 5-6 will be calculated based upon games played between tied teams only:
* Step 5: Goal Differential (total goals for minus total goals against)
* Step 6: Total Goals Scored (total goals for)
Note: As soon as any three-way ties are broken down to a two-way tie, the tie will automatically be broken by the head-to-head matchup between the two tied teams (see two-way tie criteria outlined above), and not by continuing on with any additional steps.
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to view the standings through four days of the World Cup of Hockey 2016.
WEDNESDAY FAN VILLAGE SCHEDULE
The Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village is open Wednesday from 2 - 11 p.m.
* Visit
WCH2016.com/fanvillage
for complete details.
REMINDER: 'HOCKEY SENSE' SUMMIT AT HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
The World Cup of Hockey 2016 will host another 'Hockey Sense' summit, this time focusing on youth hockey and development, Wednesday at the Hockey Hall of Fame beginning at 7:30 a.m. (with full program starting at 8:30 a.m.).
Among the attendees will be NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, NHL vice president of hockey development Pat LaFontaine, Los Angeles Kings president of business operations Luc Robitaille and NHLPA special assistant to the executive director Mathieu Schneider.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
MIC'D UP: Team Russia forward
Evgeny Kuznetsov
; Team North America forward
Nathan MacKinnon
; Team Finland defenseman
Sami Vatanen
; Team Europe forward
Mats Zuccarello
; and referees
Chris Lee
,
Dan O'Halloran
and
Kelly Sutherland
. . . The Los Angeles Kings unveiled their
50th anniversary jersey
, which they will wear for 14 home games in 2016-17.