Jordan Binnington picked up where he left off in international competition.
The St. Louis Blues goalie was representing Canada for the first time Tuesday at the IIHF World Championship since he was in goal in the championship game at the 4 Nations Face-Off when Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime.
It wasn't as dramatic this time, but Binnington had himself a relatively simple, polished 15-save shutout in Canada's 5-0 win over France in pool play at Avicii Arena in Stockhold, Sweden.
Binnington was making his debut for Canada, which is 3-0-0-0 after wins against Slovenia (4-0) on Saturday and Latvia (7-1) on Sunday. Marc-Andre Fleury, who recently retired from the NHL with the Minnesota Wild, played on Sunday and was the backup behind Binnington on Tuesday.
Binnington and Blues captain Brayden Schenn, who had an assist on Tuesday, each committed to international play last Thursday. Schenn was a plus-1 and had one shot on goal in 13:53.
Blues forward Alexandre Texier made his debut in the tournament for France, which has dropped all three games thus far, and was a minus-1 in 17:35.