Overview
- Canada completed preliminary play 3-0 with a +17 goal differential, leaving the United States needing a 10-plus goal regulation win to overtake them on seeding tiebreakers.
- Sidney Crosby became Canada's top Olympic point scorer in the NHL era after posting a goal and two assists.
- Connor McDavid recorded a goal and two assists and leads the tournament with nine points through three games.
- Nineteen-year-old Macklin Celebrini scored twice, including a penalty shot, becoming the first Canadian to convert one at an Olympics with NHL participation and matching the teenage points mark for such tournaments.
- Tom Wilson and France's Pierre Crinon were ejected for fighting under IIHF rules in the third period, and winless France moves to Tuesday's qualification playoff as Canada awaits a quarterfinal opponent.