PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Jordan Eberle and Tyler Seguin had the goals as Canada edged France 4-3 on Saturday to remain unbeaten at the world hockey championship.
Jason Spezza added two assists for Canada (5-0), which remains atop Group A.
Julien Desrosiers, Yorick Treille and Damien Fleury replied for France (1-4), which was outshot 43-21.
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Eberle’s power-play goal at 10:42 of the third proved to be the winner, which was redemption for the Edmonton Oilers forward as France’s tying goal came after the puck bounced in off Eberle.
France rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the contest in the third.
Martin Jones of the L.A. Kings stopped 18 shots for Canada, which faces Switzerland on Sunday.
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