Retiring Fleury makes several trademark acrobatic saves for Canada in rout of Latvia
Johnston, Konecny score twice; U.S. posts 2nd straight shutout at men's hockey worlds
Marc-Andre Fleury came away with player-of-the-game honours in his world championship debut at 40 years old.
The legendary goalie made 16 saves as Canada routed Latvia 7-1 on Sunday to remain undefeated in two games.
"It was a fun game," Fleury said. "I had a bit of a tough start, but it was a great time. The Latvian fans were awesome and they were making noise all game long."
Kent Johnston and Travis Konecny had two goals apiece, while Nathan MacKinnon, Macklin Celebrini and Barrett Hayton also scored at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
Captain Sidney Crosby added three assists for Canada, which opened the tournament with a 4-0 win over Slovenia on Saturday.
"The boys in front of me scored some big goals and had a lot of blocked shots, so that was a big help," Fleury said. "This is a great roster and a great group of guys, and our chemistry is already very good.
"Everyone here wants to do well, and we know that goal differential is important in this tournament, so it was nice to get a big win today."
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Fleury, who is set to retire from hockey after the event, made several trademark acrobatic saves in his first start.
The product of Sorel-Tracy, Que., dove across the crease for a save on Latvia's Dans Locmelis, replicating his famous game-saving stop on Nicklas Lidstrom in Game 7 of the 2009 Stanley Cup final that Fleury's Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to win.
Gustavs Grigals made 30 saves for Latvia.
Eduards Tralmaks opened the scoring at 7:05 of the first period before Canada responded with seven unanswered goals.
Canada head coach Dean Evason liked the way his team bounced back from the early threat.
Canada continues round-robin play Tuesday against France.
Konecny said the Canadians are aiming for gold, but trying to stay focused on one task at a time.
"We know what the end goal [of this tournament] is and what we came here to do, but our group is really good about staying dialled in day-to-day and just focusing on the next game or practice," said Konecny, who also tallied an assist. "We have incredible leadership in our locker room, so you just kind of put your head down, go to work and follow those guys."
U.S. 6, Hungary 0
The Unites States routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 in Herning, Denmark for its second shutout victory at this year's tournament.
Frank Nazar had two goals and an assist, Cutter Gauthier scored twice and Conor Garland and Logan Cooley added a goal and an assist each for the Americans in the Group B game in Herning.
Nazar deflected in a shot by Logan Cooley to open the scoring with 5:53 left in the opening period and added his second 2:47 later from behind the goal line off goalie Adam Vay.
"It felt really good, obviously," the 21-year-old Chicago forward said. "There's nothing like scoring a goal and getting that feeling, especially after the NHL season's over, continuing to score and just build that confidence and feel good out there on the ice."
Gauthier made it 3-0 from the right circle midway through the second period.
The next two goals came within 41 seconds of each other early in the final period.
Gauthier roofed his second 1:13 into the frame and Garland netted the fifth from close range.
Cooley finished the scoring into an open net.
Goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 13 shots.
The U.S. had previously blanked Denmark 5-0 and will face Switzerland on Monday
Finland faces France in Stockholm later Sunday, when the Czechs play Norway in Herning and Germany takes on Kazakhstan.
With files from The Associated Press
