How to Watch Canada vs. Austria: Stream 2025 IIHF World Championship Live, TV Channel

Canada comes off a 5-0 blanking of France on Tuesday as Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues) needed only 15 saves to record the shutout. Bo Horvat (New York Islanders) scored twice while Will Cuylle (New York Rangers), captain Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Brandon Montour (Seattle Kraken) also found the net. Horvat leads the squad with four goals in the tournament and his five points share the top spot on the roster with Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) and Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers). Canada’s three goalies have all played and have combined to stop 42 of the 43 shots they’ve faced.

Austria topped Slovakia in a shootout on Monday after the teams played to a 2-2 draw in regulation and overtime. David Kickert (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria) made 31 saves to get the win. Peter Schneider (Red Bull Salzburg) and Marco Kasper (Detroit Red Wings) scored first-period goals to put the Austrians up 2-0 before Slovakia came back to tie it with 9:07 left in regulation. Kasper leads the team with two goals while he and Schneider each have three points. Kickert has a 2.41 goals-against average and .912 save percentage in his two appearances.

Canada failed to medal at the 2024 Worlds, losing the bronze-medal game to Latvia, and last grabbed hardware with the gold medal in the 2023 tournament. Austria has a pair of gold medals to its credit, from 1931 and 1947, and placed 10th a year ago.

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