Barkov Leads Finland Past Canada 4-2 for Gold — World Hockey Championship Scores

Finland beat Canada 4-2 on Saturday, and world hockey championship scores now point to a gold-medal game against Switzerland on Sunday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Aleksander Barkov tied it early in the second period, then helped set up the go-ahead goal.

Barkov Turns the Semifinal

Barkov scored to make it 2-2, then added the secondary assist on Konsta Helenius’s goal that pushed Finland ahead 3-2. After the game, Barkov posted: "Big Game Barky ?Still 2-2 midway through the 2nd period."

Justus Annunen handled the finish from there. He stopped 27 of 29 shots against Canada, which had entered the tournament as the likely favorite. Finland used that response to move one win from its fifth World Championship title.

Switzerland Awaits Finland

Switzerland reached the final earlier Saturday with a 6-0 semifinal win over Norway. Finland now gets the host team for gold, with both sides carrying a direct path into Sunday’s game at 2:20 p.m. ET.

Barkov has been Finland’s top scorer at the tournament with 11 points, built on 3 goals and 8 assists, and he has picked up at least one point in eight of nine games at Worlds. Anton Lundell added two shots on goal against Canada and has 6 points, including 4 goals and 2 assists, giving Finland two Florida Panthers centers producing in the biggest game of the run.

The matchup also carries recent history for Finland’s core. Barkov won silver at the World Championship in 2016, Lundell won silver in 2021, and Finland last won gold in 2022. Sunday gives that group a chance to add another title and finish the tournament against the team that arrived from a 6-0 semifinal.