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Partly cloudy skies early will give way to cloudy skies late. Low 51F. WSW winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less than 5 mph.
Updated: May 21, 2026 @ 4:04 pm
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — Mark Scheifele completed a hat trick by scoring 29 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 6-5 victory over Norway at the ice hockey world championship Thursday.
Ryan O’Reilly scored with 1:39 left in regulation to force overtime by redirecting Macklin Celebrini's shot from the blue line into Norway's net.
Scheifele netted twice in the first period after Norway had built a 2-0 lead on goals from Eskild Bakke Olsen and Johannes Johannesen.
The Winnipeg Jets center, who amassed a 103-point regular season in the NHL, scored his first while falling to the ice and made it 2-2 with a slap shot with 2:10 left in the opening period.
The teams traded goals in the second period. Norway took the lead on Noah Steen's power-play goal before Gabriel Vilardi evened it at 3-3, also on a power play.
Dylan Cozens put Canada ahead 31 seconds into the third with a short-handed goal.
But Steen and Tinus Luc Koblar scored less than two minutes apart to give Norway a 5-4 lead, setting up O’Reilly's tying goal that came shortly after Canada pulled goalie Cam Talbot for an extra attacker.
Later Thursday, Oliver Okuliar tallied a goal and two assists to lead Slovakia past Denmark 5-1 in Fribourg.
The Slovaks and Canada both have 11 points atop Group B. Czechia is one point back in third. Denmark is without a point.
The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
Host nation Switzerland made it five wins from five with a 4-1 victory over Britain in Group A in Zurich. Nino Niederreiter scored two goals for the Swiss, who lead the group with 15 points.
Britain, a newcomer to the top division, remains without a point.
In another game in Zurich, Finland beat Latvia 7-1 and is in second with 12 points. Latvia captain Rudolfs Balcers scored just 10 seconds into the game.
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