On Saturday, Team USA earned its first win of the tournament with a 6-1 victory over Germany. With 13 different players registering points, the game featured five players with multi-point outings, including Johnny Gaudreau, Michael Kesselring, Shane Pinto, Cole Caufield, and Seth Jones.
In the last round of preliminary matches at the World Championship, Slovakia rebounded from their 6-4 loss to Germany with a 6-2 triumph over Kazakhstan. The last time Team USA and Slovakia met in the world championship was in the quarterfinals of the 2021 event. In that game, the U.S. emerged victorious with a score of 6-1. In their last preliminary round contest in the 2019 world championship, Slovakia came away with a 4-1 win. Overall, the two teams have won seven of their 13 meetings in the all-time series.
As of today’s game, Alex Lyon has returned to his home country after being injured in Saturday’s match against Germany. For this game, Trey Augustine and Alex Nedeljkovic will be donning goalposts for Team USA as they face off against Slovakia once again on ice rink in [insert location].
