Blues center scores first goal against Canada in tournament, Canadians remain unbeaten with X-X win; Slovaks slip past upset-minded Italy; Broberg, Sweden toppled by Finland
Pius Suter put the first chink in the armor of Canada, but it was not enough for Switzerland to pull off the upset.
The St. Louis Blues center scored a power-play goal, the first goal Canada has allowed in two games, at 12:42 of the first period, but it was all the upset-minded Swiss could muster up as Canada remained undefeated with a 5-1 win over Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics inside Milano Santagiulia Arena in Milan, Italy on Friday.
The Swiss evened their record after a 4-0 tournament-opening win over France, while Canada is a perfect 2-for-2 after Jordan Binnington and the Canadians blanked Czechia 5-0 on Thursday.
Binnington, who made 26 saves in the opener, was given the night off and was scratched as Logan Thompson (Washington Capitals) got the nod on Friday with Darcy Kuemper (Los Angeles Kings) serving as the backup.
Blues defenseman Colton Parayko was a plus-1 and had a shot on goal in 16:58 playing alongside Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights) after Parayko's familiar partner, Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets), did not play after leaving the win over Czechia with an undisclosed injury.
* Slovakia 3, Italy 2 -- Dalibor Dvorsky and Slovakia remained perfect in the Olympics but not after receiving a scare from the host country.
Dvorsky had one assist on a power-play goal by by Libor Hudacek that gave Slovakia a 1-0 lead at 3:51 of the second period.
Dvorsky, who has a goal and two assists in two games after tallying the game-winner and assisting on an insurance goal in a 4-1 win over Finland to open tournament play, had three shots on goal in 15:04 of ice time.
* Finland 4, Sweden 1 -- Philip Broberg and Sweden were on the short end of a fierce rivalry game on Friday.
After a Olympic-opening 5-2 win over Italy, the Swedes were not able to overcome a desperate Finnish side that could not afford to lose each of its first two games.
Broberg only played 12:55 in the game and had no points and was even on plus-minus because he took a hit to the right shoulder area from Finland's Roope Hintz (Dallas Stars) in the third period but was able to return to the game.
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