Canada delivered a dominant performance at the Milan Cortina Ice Hockey Olympics, beating France 10-2 on Sunday and finishing the preliminary round with a perfect 3-0 record.
Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby and Mark Stone each recorded a goal and two assists. Crosby’s three-point night gave him 16 career Olympic points, surpassing Jarome Iginla’s previous Canadian NHL-era record of 14.
Macklin Celebrini scored twice and provided an assist, while Cale Makar, Tom Wilson, Devon Toews, Bo Horvat and Brandon Hagel also found the net.
Canada now advances to the quarter-finals and will meet its opponent after Tuesday’s qualifiers.
McDavid now has nine points from nine bouts in his Olympic debut. Canada finished group play with a plus-17 goal difference after previous wins over the Czech Republic and Switzerland.
France got goals from Floran Douay and Sacha Treille. Tom Wilson was ejected in the third period after fighting Pierre Crinon following a forearm from Nathan MacKinnon.
Canada, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the NHL era, will play its quarterfinal match as the top seed in the elimination round on Wednesday.
