2018 U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM GAME NOTES 2018 IIHF MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | COPENHAGEN & HERNING, DENMARK | MAY 4-20, 2018 PRELIMINARY ROUND GAME #7 • USA (4-2-0-0) VS. FINLAND (4-0-1-1) • JYSKE BANK BOXEN (CAPACITY: 11,000) • MAY 15, 2018 TODAY'S GAME THINGS WORTH MENTIONING The U.S. Men's National Team meets Finland today in its seventh Team USA is the away team and will wear its white jersey ... and final preliminary round game of the 2018 IIHF Men's World Today's game will feature the tournament's top stat producers Championship here in Herning, Denmark. Puck drop is set for in nearly every category. For more, see page 5 ... Cam Atkinson 12:15 p.m. local time (6:15 a.m. ET) at the Jyske Bank Boxen (6-4--10), Johnny Gaudreau (1-7--8) and Patrick Kane (5-10- and will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively on NHL Network. -15) have tallied at least one point in every tournament game This is the 63rd meeting between the United States and while Alex DeBrincat (1-7--8) has points in five of the six games Finland in Men's World Championship play and a rematch of last ... Overall, 19 of Team USA's 20 skaters have registered at least year's quarterfinal matchup, where Finland won, 2-0. Today's one point ... All five of Patrick Kane's goals have come on the regulation-winner will secure the top seed in Group B. power play ... Team USA has a tournament-best power play The United States enters the 2018 IIHF Men's World efficiency (.419%) ... The U.S. has won six-straight preliminary Championship seeking its 12th tournament medal and first since round games for the second consecutive year, the only two times 2016, when it claimed a bronze medal. All-time, the U.S. has it has ever accomplished the feat ... Since its 2-1 tournament- won gold once (1933), silver four times (1950, 1939, 1934, 1931) opening loss to Germany on May 5, 2017, the U.S. has claimed and bronze six times (2015, 2013, 2004, 1996, 1952, 1949). 12-straight preliminary round wins in tournament play. TALKING POINTS TEAM USA SCHEDULE THE SERIES VS. FINLAND DATE EVENT TIME (LOCAL)/RESULT The U.S. holds a 22-1-2-29-8 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) record against City Venue (Eastern) Finland. A year ago, the two teams met in the quarterfinal round where Jimmy Howard (Syracuse, N.Y.) made 18 saves as the TUES., MAY 1 DENMARK (exh.) W, 3-2 U.S. outshot Finland, 26-20, but fell, 2-0. The U.S. has won four Herning KVIK Hockey Arena of the last six meetings. FRI., MAY 4 CANADA SOW, 5-4 Herning Jyske Bank Boxen • USA VS. FINLAND TALE OF THE TAPE SAT., MAY 5 DENMARK W, 4-0 CATEGORY USA FINLAND Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Record 4-2-0-0 4-0-1-1 MON., MAY 7 GERMANY W, 3-0 Goals For/Avg. 37/6.16 32/5.33 Goals Against/Avg. 10/1.66 9/1.50 Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Power Play .419 (13-31) .296 (8-27) THURS., MAY 10 LATVIA OTW, 3-2 Penalty Killing .864 (19-22) .905 (19-21) Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Shots For Gm/Avg. 242/40.3 203/33.8 FRI., MAY 11 KOREA W, 13-1 Shots Against Gm./Avg. 120/22.6 101/16.8 Herning Jyske Bank Bozen Top Two Scorers Kane (5-10--15) Aho (6-8--14) SUN., MAY 13 NORWAY W, 9-3 Atkinson (6-4--10) Teravainen (5-9--14) Herning Jyske Bank Boxen Top Goalie Kinkaid Sateri TUES., MAY 15 FINLAND 12:15 P.M. (5-0, 1.47, .943) (3-0, 0.67, .960) Herning Jyske Bank Boxen 6:15 A.M. THURS., MAY 17 QUARTERFINALS TBD GROUP B POSITIONING TBD Entering the final day of preliminary round play, three of the TBD TBD four Group B quarterfinal spots have been claimed, yet final SAT., MAY 19 SEMIFINALS 3:15 P.M. positioning has yet to be decided. Copenhagen Royal Arena 1:15 P.M. SUN., MAY 20 BRONZE MEDAL GAME 3:45 P.M. Team Record Pts Last Game Potential Finish Copenhagen Royal Arena 9:45 A.M. United States 4-2-0-0 16 Finland 1st; 2nd SUN., MAY 20 GOLD MEDAL GAME 8:15 P.M. Finland 4-0-1-1 13 United States 1st; 2nd; 3rd Copenhagen Royal Arena 2:15 P.M. Canada 3-1-1-1 12 Germany 2nd; 3rd; 4th Denmark 3-1-0-2 11 Latvia 2nd; 3rd; 4th; 5th* All U.S. tournament games to be televised live on NHL Network Latvia 2-1-2-1 10 Denmark 3rd; 4th; 5th* *Would miss quarterfinal TEAM USA STAT LEADERS LARKIN SETS U.S. RECORD, KANE TIES ANOTHER SKATERS GOALTENDERS GOALS Cam Atkinson 6 GAA Keith Kinkaid 1.47 With assists in Team USA's 9-3 victory over Norway, alternate ASSISTS Patrick Kane 10 SV% Keith Kinkaid .943 captain Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich.) set a new U.S. record POINTS Patrick Kane 15 WINS Keith Kinkaid 4 for most assists in Men's World Championship play with 21. SHUTOUTS Keith Kinkaid 2 Right behind him is Johnny Gaudreau (Salem, N.J.), who holds 20 career assists. Additionally, with two assists against Norway, Patrick Kane (Buffalo, N.Y.) tied Max Pacioretty (2012) and MEDIA INFORMATION Craig Smith (2013) for the U.S. record for most assists by a U.S. Team USA players and head coach Jeff Blashill will be available player in a single men's world championship with 10. for interviews in designated mixed-zone areas following games and non-game day practices. Media availability on day-of-game MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT-GETTERS skates will be limited. Members of the media are not allowed in Three U.S. players continue to produce points at the IIHF Men's the U.S. dressing room. World Championship stage. Johnny Gaudreau leads all U.S. skaters with 29 points (9-20) in 22 tournament games while MEDIA CONTACT: JON GOMEZ Dylan Larkin sits one point behind with 28 (7-21) in 34 games 973.723.5744 [email protected] played. Additionally, Patrick Kane has tallied 25 points (8-17) All media availability with U.S. team members must be arranged in just 13 games played in an IIHF Men's World Championship. through Jon Gomez, who is on-site with the U.S. Men's National Gaudreau is tied with Paul Coppo for fourth all-time while Team here in Denmark. Larkin is tied with Dustin Brown and Bob Miller for fifth. The record for most career points by a U.S. player in tournament ONLINE GUIDE TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2018MENSWORLDS history is Mark Johnson, 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team USA information, including player and staff bios, team Team gold medalist, who tallied 33 (15-18) in 61 games. schedule, news and team history is available online. @USAHOCKEY • TEAMUSA.USAHOCKEY.COM/2018MENSWORLDS • USAHOCKEY.COM • #2018MWC 1 2018 U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM GAME NOTES PRELIMINARY ROUND VS. FINLAND • MAY 15, 2018 2018 IIHF MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP U.S. DETAILS 2018 U.S. MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OPPONENT BREAKDOWN & RECAPS ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENT CANADA Opponent GP Record^ GF GA Men's Worlds Series vs. Canada: 45 GP 1-4-1-39-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Austria 12 11-0-0-2-0 58 23 Of Note: Kinkaid's 40 save performance is most by U.S. netminder since 2011. Belarus 7 6-0-0-1-0 29 15 MAY 4, 2018: USA 5, CAN 4 (SOW): Cam Atkinson (Riverside, Conn.) scored both Belgium 2 2-0-0-0-0 25 2 goals in the shootout, Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich.) added two goals in Canada 45 1-4-1-39-0 87 230 regulation and Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) made 40 saves as the U.S. Czech Republic 14 5-1-1-6-1 38 41 edged Canada, 5-4, in a shootout win to defeat Canada. Czechoslovakia 38 8-2-0-25-3 76 194 DENMARK Denmark 7 5-0-1-1-0 26 12 East Germany 10 2-0-0-5-3 39 40 Men's Worlds Series vs. Denmark: 7 GP 5-0-1-1-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Finland 62 22-1-2-29-8 186 216 Of Note: Denmark is hosting the IIHF Men's World Championship for the first time. France 10 9-0-0-1-0 43 15 MAY 5, 2018: USA 4, DEN 0: Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) made 20 saves Germany 17 9-0-1-4-3 49 35 and three U.S. players recorded a goal and an assist in the victory. Will Butcher (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.), Cam Atkinson Great Britain 4 2-0-0-0-2 22 14 (Riverside, Conn.) and Nick Jensen (St. Paul, Minn.) all scored in the game. Hungary 2 2-0-0-0-0 8 1 Italy 8 5-1-0-2-0 26 17 GERMANY Japan 2 2-0-0-0-0 15 2 Men's Worlds Series vs. Germany: 17 GP 9-0-1-4-3 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Kazakhstan 3 1-2-0-0-0 17 5 Of Note: Team USA's win snapped a two-game MWC losing streak to Germany. Korea 1 1-0-0-0-0 13 1 MAY 7, 2018: USA 3, GER 0: Patrick Kane (Buffalo, N.Y.) tallied a goal and two Latvia 14 9-1-0-3-1 44 29 assists and Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) recorded his second shutout in Netherlands 3 3-0-0-0-0 31 10 as many games as the U.S.