Canada moves to 2-0 with rout of Latvia

Canada recorded its second win from two games by routing Latvia 7-1.

Travis Konecny had two goals and an assist, Kent Johnson scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon, Macklin Celebrini and Barrett Hayton also scored for Canada in Group A in Stockholm.

Captain Sidney Crosby recorded his first three assists of the tournament and Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves.

Crosby is playing at his third worlds and his first since 2015 when he captained Canada to gold.

Eduards Tralmaks surprised the 40-year-old Fleury in his debut at the worlds 7:05 into the game with a wrist shot, the first shot on goal.

Konecny and MacKinnon needed a 61-second span to turn things around.

Konecny leveled at 9:30 into the opening period, redirecting a pass from Travis Sanheim into the net. MacKinnon was in front of the goal to net off a pass from Bo Horvat.

Johnson increased the lead 7:11 into the middle period with a backhand shot and added his second after skating to the slot before wristing a shot past goalie Gustavs Grigals midway through the period.

Konecny netted a shorthanded goal with 24 seconds remaining to make it 5-1.

Celebrini scored from the left circle and Hayton finished it off with a slap shot in the final period.

Next, Canada plays France on Tuesday.