Canada steamrolls Sweden to set up semifinal vs. U.S. at worlds
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Mark Scheifele and Mark Stone notched three points apiece and Cam Talbot stopped all 24 shots he faced as Canada cruised past Sweden 6-0 in their quarterfinal matchup at the World Championship on Thursday.
Matt Dumba added a goal and an assist as Canada bounced back from a shutout loss to Finland in the final game of the preliminary round.
Canada will meet the United States in the semifinals on Saturday. The U.S. upset the Czech Republic in a shootout in their quarterfinal Thursday.
Russia will take on Finland in the other semifinal. Russia earned a 4-1 win over Germany and Finland thumped Denmark 5-1 in quarterfinal action.