"Ondrej Palat broke a tie during the third period, giving Czechia a 3-2 lead. Palat scored off a 3-on-2 rush for his first goal of the tournament, and Canada's tournament appeared to be in dire straits. Nick Suzuki equalized for Canada with three minutes remaining, tipping home a point shot from Devon Toews, forcing overtime. Canada appeared to be on the brink of elimination, before Suzuki scored, then Marner emerged as the overtime hero with his first goal of the tournament."
"Macklin Celebrini opened the scoring three minutes into the contest, depositing a feed from Connor McDavid for a 1-0 Canada lead. Lukas Sedlak equalized for Czechia, then David Pastrnak added a power play marker just under 15 minutes into the first period, for a 2-1 lead. Nathan MacKinnon equalized for Canada during the second frame, once again set up by McDavid and Celebrini."
"Sidney Crosby suffered a lower-body injury during the second period and did not return. Crosby tried to avoid a hit from Czechia defenceman Radko Gudas, and fell awkwardly. After working with the training staff on the bench for a few minutes, Canada's captain went to the locker room. Suzuki took over on Crosby's line, with Marner and Mark Stone on the wings."
Mitch Marner scored a sensational overtime goal to give Canada a 4-3 quarterfinal victory over Czechia. Macklin Celebrini opened the scoring three minutes in on a feed from Connor McDavid, and David Pastrnak put Czechia ahead 2-1 with a first-period power-play goal after Lukas Sedlak had tied it. Nathan MacKinnon evened the game in the second period on another McDavid-Celebrini setup. Ondrej Palat gave Czechia a 3-2 lead in the third, but Nick Suzuki tipped Devon Toews' shot with three minutes remaining to force overtime. Sidney Crosby left with a lower-body injury and did not return. Jordan Binnington stopped 20 shots in Canada's win. Canada will face Switzerland or Sweden in the semifinals depending on other results.
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