The first day of the World Juniors Championship is in the books, as a full day with four games took place between the Air Canada Center and Bell Center, with the first two games going to a shootout and the latter two games being won in rather blown out fashion. Here’s a full scoreboard for you.
Russia 3 – Denmark 2 F/SO
USA 2 – Finland 1 F/SO
Sweden 5 – Czech Republic 2
Canada 4 – Slovakia 0
Along with a full day of action, all four Columbus Blue Jackets prospects took the ice as well. Here’s how they did.
So, here’s how the table looks after the opening four games.
| Team – Pool A | GP – W-L-OTW-OTL | GF – GA | Points |
| Canada | 1 – 1-0-0-0 | 8 – 0 | 3 |
| USA | 1 – 0-0-1-0 | 2 – 1 | 2 |
| Finland | 1 – 0-0-0-1 | 1 – 2 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 – 0-1-0-0 | 0 – 8 | 0 |
| Germany | HAS NOT PLAYED YET | HNP | HNP |
| Team – Pool B | GP – W-L-OTW-OTL | GF – GA | Points |
| Sweden | 1 – 1-0-0-0 | 5 – 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 1 – 0-0-1-0 | 3 – 2 | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 – 0-1-0-0 | 2 – 3 | 1 |
| Czech Rep. | 1 – 0-1-0-0 | 2 – 5 | 0 |
| Switzerland | HAS NOT PLAYED YET | HNP | HNP |
There are four games today, just as yesterday, as Switzerland and Germany will begin their 2015 WJC’s. Here’s today’s schedule.
Denmark vs. Sweden 1:00
Slovakia vs. Finland 4:00
Czech Republic vs. Switzerland 5:00
Germany vs. Canada 8:00
Bjorkstrand will look to continue his streak and make more eyes learn who he is, while Heatherington will once again protect is native ice.