It’s Canada and the United States at TD Garden on Thursday at 8 p.m. in a winner-take-all showdown, five days after their epic round-robin game in Montreal, a 3-1 victory by the Americans.
The Canadians (1-1-0-1) are getting healthy at the right time, adding all-world defenseman Cale Makar into the mix for the game agaist Finland on Monday. Plus, they’ve learned some valuable lessons from the loss to the United States.
The United States (2-0-0-1) face the unenviable task of defeating Canada twice in the same tournament. They will do it without defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who was ruled out for the final with an uper-body injury. Forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Austin Matthews missed the 2-1 loss to Sweden on Monday, a game in which Brady Tkachuk was injured. Each is expected to play Thursday, even if not at 100 percent.
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