The action will begin at 6 p.m. ET when Levi and Canada battle longtime rival Russia.
Easily one of the most talked about players at the tournament, Levi, who the Panthers took in the seventh round (212th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, has been a brick wall in net since the World Juniors began, going 5-0-0 with a 0.64 goals-against average and .967 save percentage.
On Saturday, the 19-year-old goaltender stopped all 29 shots he faced to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals, earning his second shutout of the tournament.
"He made us play with confidence because we know he's behind us when we need him,"
Canada head coach Andre Tourigny told TSN when asked about Levi following the win
.
At the 2020 World Juniors, Canada defeated Russia 4-3 in the championship game to win gold.
"Can't wait," said Levi, a freshman at Northeastern University. "I can't wait to play."
In the other semifinal matchup, it'll be a battle between two of Florida's former first-round picks.
With puck drop set for 9:30 p.m. ET (it's worth staying up, I promise), goaltender Spencer Knight (13th overall, 2019) will lead the United States against Finland and a pair of Panthers prospects: center Anton Lundell (12th overall, 2020) and defenseman Kasper Puutio (153rd overall, 2020).
Knight is fresh off yet another stellar start, stopping 16 shots in a 5-2 win over Slovakia in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Before that, the 19-year-old blanked both the Czech Republic and Sweden to become the first-ever American to post back-to-back shutouts at the World Juniors.
In four starts, Knight is 3-1-0 with a 1.70 goals-against average and .924 save percentage.
"He's always been really mentally tough,"
USA defenseman Cameron York told NHL.com when asked about Knight
. "Whenever he comes off a tough game, he always seems to rebound. If we want to be a really successful team here, we need him to be really good for us every night."
At the other end of the ice, Lundell has been lights out.
Finding the back of the net in four of the five games he's played in, the 19-year-old showed why he wears the "C" on his jersey, scoring the game-tying goal on the power play with just 8:56 left in the third period of Finland's 3-2 comeback win over Sweden in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Lundell, who captured a gold medal in 2019, leads Finland in both goals (4) and points (7).
"He's unbelievable on the ice and also off the ice as a person and a leader,"
Finnish forward Brad Lambert told IIHF.com when asked about Lundell
. "He plays a two-way game. He plays hard offensively and can score some points, but it's also just how good he plays defensively."
Puutio, meanwhile, has manned the blue line during all five games of the tournament.
When the dust finally settles, at least one of the aforementioned players will advance to the championship game of the World Juniors, which is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
