Olympics: Celebrini Scores Two In Canada's 10-2 Win Over France

 

Team Canada picked up its third straight Olympic win with a 10-2 rout of France on Sunday at Santagiulia Arena. Macklin Celebrini scored twice - including the first penalty-shot goal in Olympic history - and has now found the net in all three games. Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, and Mark Stone each had a goal and two assists, while Cale Makar and Tom Wilson added a goal and an assist apiece. Devon Toews, Bo Horvat, and Brandon Hagel also scored for Canada. Floran Douay and Sacha Treille replied for France, which dropped to 0-3 in the preliminary round and is likely headed for the No. 11 seed.

Canada Lineup:

Celebrini - McDavid - Wilson

Hagel - MacKinnon - Suzuki

Marner - Crosby - Stone

Jarvis - Horvat - Reinhart

Bennett

Toews - Makar

Harley - Parayko

Sanheim - Doughty

Theodore

Binnington

Thompson

France Lineup:

Rech - Bellemare - Da Costa

Texier - Boudon - Bertrand

Perret - Ritz - Fabre

Treille - Addamo - Douay

Boscq - Gallet

Auvitu - Guebey

Crinon - Thiry

Chakiachvili - Bozon

Junca

Keller

Tom Wilson pounced on the rebound of Drew Doughty's shot to give Canada a 1-0 lead at 11:19 of the opening period. Aside from Doughty, Connor McDavid picked up an assist on the first Canadian goal. Only 13 seconds later, French forward Floran Douay tied it 1-1 when he snagged the rebound of Justin Addamo's attempt and lifted it over Jordan Binnington to get France on the board. At 10:27, the Canadians regained the lead 2-1 when Devon Toews put a wrist shot past Julian Junca after Sidney Crosby got the puck from Mitch Marner, and with Toews and Mark Stone coming in on a 3-on-1, Crosby fed Toews in the middle of the ice. France had a chance to tie it again with 1:11 to play when Travis Sanheim was called for holding, and the French went on the power play. However, Stone intercepted Alexandre Texier's pass, skated in on Junca before scoring a short-handed backhand shot to make it 3-1 with just seconds remaining.

Late in the middle frame at 7:50, Cale Makar struck with a wrist shot over Junca's glove for a power-play goal after Crosby handed the puck over to McDavid, who sent it to Makar to make it 4-1 for Canada. After getting hooked by Florian Chakiachvili on a breakaway, Macklin Celebrini was awarded a penalty shot. He took his time skating in on Junca before going forehand-backhand and lifted a forehand shot over the netminder's blocker to give the Canadians a 5-1 lead. Crosby took a pass from Stone before making it 6-1 only 19 seconds after the penalty shot with 2:25 to go in the second.

Only 20 seconds into the final 20 minutes, McDavid recorded his third point of the game when he scored off a pass from Celebrini to make it 7-1. Sacha Treille cut it to 7-2 at 18:32 off Addamo's pass, putting France on the board for their second and last goal of the game with a long slap shot past Binnington. At 14:46, Bo Horvat skated in after receiving the puck from Sam Reinhart to score from in close on Antoine Keller, making it 8-2 for Canada. Brandon Hagel put home his first goal of the Olympics to make it 9-2 with 9:14 on the clock. Both Nathan MacKinnon and Shea Theodore picked up the assists. To finish it off to secure the 10-2 win for the Canadians, Celebrini found the back of the net for his second goal of the game and fourth of the Olympics at 8:13. Stone and Marner recorded the assists.

Notes:

- This is the first Olympic meeting between Team Canada and Team France with NHL players competing.

- Tom Wilson, Floran Douay, and Devon Toews scored within 52 seconds, the fastest three goals ever at an Olympics with NHL players (previous: 57 seconds on Feb. 16, 2010, by Latvia and Russia).

- Drew Doughty (0-1--1) became the fourth Canadian defenseman age 36+ to record a point at an Olympics with NHL participation, joining Ray Bourque (1998), Scott Niedermayer (2010), and Rob Blake (2006).

- Cale Makar extended his assist streak to three games, tying the longest by a Canadian defenseman at an Olympics with NHL players (Chris Pronger, Duncan Keith, and Shea Weber in 2010). ...Makar (1-1--2) became the second Canadian blueliner to record multiple points in consecutive Olympic games with NHL participation, joining Duncan Keith (2010).

- Mark Stone became the fifth Canadian to score a shorthanded goal at an Olympics with NHL players, joining Ryan Getzlaf (2014), Simon Gagne (2002), Keith Primeau (1998), and Theo Fleury (1998). At 33, he’s the only one in that group to do so at age 30+.

- Connor McDavid (1-7--8 in 3 GP) set a new record for most points through the first three games of an Olympics with NHL players. ...McDavid’s seven assists are tied for the second-most in an Olympic tournament among NHL players. Only Saku Koivu (8 in 1998 & 2006) has more, while Jonathan Toews (7 in 2010) is the only other Canadian to reach seven. ...McDavid (2-7--9 in 3 GP) passed Jonathan Toews (1-7--8 in 2010) for the most points by a Team Canada skater at a single Olympic tournament with NHL players.

- Macklin Celebrini became the first NHL player to score a penalty-shot goal at the Olympics. The only others to do so at an Olympics with NHL participation are Evgeny Koreshkov (2006) and Andrejs Maticins (2002). ...Celebrini also became just the third Team Canada player to take a penalty shot, and the first to score, at an Olympics with NHL participation, following Corey Perry (2014) and Sidney Crosby (2010). ...Celebrini improved to 3-2--5 (3 GP) in Milan, tying Olli Määttä (2014) for the second-most points by a teenager at an Olympic tournament with NHL players, behind Evgeni Malkin (6 in 2006).

- Celebrini scored his fourth Olympic goal, surpassing Olli Määttä (3 in 2014) for the most by a teenager at an Olympic tournament with NHL participation. ...Celebrini’s 10th goal for Team Canada marked the second-most goals by one team in a game at an Olympics with NHL players, behind Finland’s 11-0 win over Italy.

- Sidney Crosby (1-2--3) recorded his 15th career Olympic point (6-9--15 in 16 GP), passing Jarome Iginla (14) for the most by a Team Canada player at the Olympics with NHL players. ...Crosby’s sixth career Olympic goal tied him for the second most by a Canadian at the Olympics with NHL participation, trailing only Iginla (10).

- Celebrini and Crosby scored 19 seconds apart, marking the fastest two goals by Team Canada at an Olympics with NHL players (previous: 26 seconds by Shane Doan and Jarome Iginla on Feb. 15, 2006).