Canada’s Parker Wotherspoon, center, celebrates his goal with Canada’s Sidney Crosby, left, and Canada’s John Tavares, right, during the 2026 IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship preliminary round group B game between Canada and Denmark, in Fribourg, Switzerland, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
By The Canadian Press
May 18, 2026 | 10:02 AM
FRIBOURG — Porter Martone had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby had four assists and Canada defeated Denmark 5-1 for its third straight win at the ice hockey world championship on Monday.
Gabriel Vilardi, Denton Mateychuk, Ryan O’Reilly and Parker Wotherspoon also scored for Canada, with Macklin Celebrini dishing out two assists. Jet Greaves made 15 saves.
Nick Olesen had Denmark’s lone goal. Nicolaj Henriksen stopped 33 shots in the loss.
“Denmark’s goalie made some big saves and we had some looks that we did not convert on, but I thought we controlled the play,” Crosby said. “We were not discouraged or frustrated with our play because we were playing well, but we wanted to trust our game especially since we had that quarterfinal from (last year’s men’s worlds) fresh in our minds.