Canada won't play for gold at the women's world hockey championship for the first time in tournament history. Host Finland earned a stunning 4-2 semifinal win Saturday in Espoo and will play for gold on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET against the United States, which dispatched Russia 8-0 in the other semifinal. Canada will face the Russians on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET in the bronze-medal contest. "It's unreal and on top of that, to do it here on home ice, we've been working so hard for so many years now," assistant captain Michelle Karvinen said. "It's not just one good game. "It's something we actually have earned." WATCH | Finland upsets Canada: Finland shocks Canada at hockey worlds, advances to final Sports 1:00 Canada fell 4-2 to Finland on Saturday, and won't play in the IIHF final for the first time in tournament history. 1:00 The U.S. and Canada had met in the final of all 18 previous world championship finals dating back to the first in 1990. Canada beat Finland 6-1 to cap the group stage of this year's tournament Tuesday. But the Finns had better special teams and goaltending Saturday. Savolainen paces attack In her 200th career game for Finland, goalie Noora Raty made 43 saves for the win before an announced gathering of 4,311 in her hometown. Finland's Minnamari Tuominen, left, and goalkeeper Noora Räty stop Canada's Ann-Sophie Bettez in Saturday's semifinal at the women's world hockey championship. Räty made 43 saves in her team's 4-2 victory. (Jussi Nukari/AFP/Getty Images) Ronja Savolainen scored twice, including an empty-net goal, for Finland. Jenni Hiirikowski had a goal and an assist and Susanna Tapani also scored. Right now it just feels like a loss for Team Canada, which we never like to have at the world championships. — Canada forward Brianne Jenner after Saturday's 4-2 semifinal defeat to Finland Jamie Lee Rattray and Loren Gabel countered for the Canadians, who trailed 3-2 after the second. Shannon Szabados stopped 15 shots in her first loss against the Finns in 18 starts. The Canadian women are now in the unfamiliar position of having to play for bronze Sunday. Finland's disruption of the established world order atop women's hockey will be viewed by some a good for the female game. But it was difficult for Canada to feel any positives in its loss. "It's hard to have that perspective as a player in the game," captain Brianne Jenner said. "Right now it just feels like a loss for Team Canada, which we never like to have at the world championships. "We're pretty disappointed with that outcome. We'll give credit to Finland for a game well played." Injured Turnbull exits in 1st period Canada was without captain Marie-Philip Poulin for all but part of one period at the world championship. The highest-scoring player on Canada's roster reinjured her knee Monday attempting a return. The loss of forward Blayre Turnbull in the first period Saturday further eroded Canada's attack. She was in a vulnerable position when Savolainen pushed her and Turnbull went head-first into the boards. The player head coach Perry Pearn called "the conscience of the team," was in a vulnerable position when Savolainen pushed her and Turnbull tumbled head-first into the boards. No penalty was called. Turnbull stayed down for a minute and left the ice with assistance and didn't return. "To me, what happened there is I think embarrassing for women's hockey because checking from behind at every level is not acceptable," Pearn said. "If that was one of our players on a Finn, I would want it called. "There's a potential for someone to break a neck and for a veteran official like the group like we had, for them not to make that call is really wrong." After losing to the Finns for the first time in a preliminary-round game at the 2017 world championship, Canada went 7-0, beating them by at least three goals in every game until Saturday. Power outage Finland scored its first two goals on the power play and the first three were generated off shots from the point. The Finns have spent years defending their own end against Canada, so they knew what to do to protect a lead. "We've been pretty confident that one day it could happen when we play a perfect game and I have a good game," Raty said. "So we finally scored three on Canada. "That doesn't happen too often. If you keep believing in yourself, anything can happen." Canada's special teams had been effective through five games. But going 0-for-4 with a man advantage, including 90-plus seconds of a five-on-three early in the second, put it at a disadvantage. Canadian players twice threw their arms in the air in celebration of a goal in the third, but were disappointed. The second time was quickly waived off, but the first no-goal called was upheld after a lengthy review. Missed opportunity costly Tapani tipped a Nelli Laitinen shot between Szabados's pads at 16:18 of the second to restore Finland's one-goal lead. Gabel had pulled Canada even at 7:53 on the rush with Jenner and Ann-Sophie Bettez. It was a broken play, but Gabel got enough stick on it to tip the puck past Raty's right toe. Canada couldn't generate a goal on a two-man advantage early in the second. "A big, huge kill for us," Raty said. "If they score there, it could go either way." The hosts took momentum from that kill into an ensuing man-advantage to lead 2-1 at 6:50 when Hiirikoski scored with a one-timer from the point. The Finns scored on their lone power-play chance in the first period to pull even 1-1. Hiirikoski, at the point, took a drop pass from Noora Tulus and Savolainen tipped the shot by Szabados at 16:23. Canada struck early with Rattray on Raty's doorstep re-directing a Laura Stacey wrist shot at 2:32.<doc-sep>Conventional wisdom would see the New Jersey Devils select American Jack Hughes No. 1 at the 2019 NHL Draft followed by the New York Rangers taking consensus No. 2 prospect Kaapo Kakko of Finland with the next pick. Not so fast. Kakko scored a highlight-reel goal against Team Canada on Friday in the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship opener that appeared to have the Devils scratching their collective chins. The 18-year-old winger corralled a beautiful touch pass from Toni Rajala then proceeded to beat Matt Murray with a nifty backhand deke along the ice. Moments after Kakko opened the scoring, the Rangers sent out the following tweet. — New York Rangers (@NYRangers) May 10, 2019 Suffice it to say they liked what they saw. Six minutes later, however, the Devils took a page out of the same playbook by adding a GIF of the goal and a second set of 👀 to their tweet. Perhaps it’s merely some light-hearted gamesmanship by the Devils, or maybe general manager Ray Shero and his staff simply haven’t made up their minds yet as to which player they’re going to take first overall. While Hughes remains the likely top pick, Kakko’s stock continues to rise and a strong showing at the worlds – or a poor one from Hughes, who is representing the United States at the tournament – could end up impacting how draft night unfolds. Back in March, Kakko leapfrogged Hughes for top spot on Sam Cosentino’s prospect rankings. Kakko fell back to No. 2 behind Hughes in the April and May rankings. At the end of the day the Rangers are in a win-win situation, guaranteed that either Kakko or Hughes will be available when it’s their turn. Goran Stubb, the NHL’s director of European scouting, recently compared Kakko to one of the NHL’s most dynamic young wingers. “I would say the closest might be another Finn, Mikko Rantanen with Colorado,” Stubb told the NHL Draft Class podcast. “They both come from Turku, they’re both raised by the same club, TPS, and TPS has quite a good reputation of raising young players.” Rantanen ranks 16th in NHL points over the past two regular seasons with 171 in 155 games. If Kakko turns out to be anywhere close to as productive as the Avalanche star then it’ll be a serious boon to either the Devils or Rangers…or whichever team ends up selecting Kakko. Kakko added an empty-net goal against Canada as Finland went on to win Friday’s contest 3-1. He was named his team’s player of the game.<doc-sep>The 2019 IIHF World Championship begins Friday, May 10, for Canada as the squad looks to head back to the podium for the first time since 2016. Hockey Canada announced the roster last week but may now be without top player John Tavares, who injured his oblique and will return to Toronto. It's a big loss for the team that is a blend of youth and veterans but lacks a huge scoring punch. The offense will now fall to veteran Mark Stone and first-time Team Canada member Jonathan Marchessault. However, world championship rosters are always fluid as players from teams that are eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs head to Europe to play for their country. There are big names, such as Dallas' Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn, that may now be available. On the defensive side, head coach Alain Vigneault has anointed Matt Murray as No. 1, with his future Flyers goalie Carter Hart as the backup. Murray will have in front of him Thomas Chabot (Senators) and Darnell Nurse (Oilers), who along with Kyle Turris are the only returning players from last year's team that did not medal. Canada opens against Finland and closes out the preliminary round against the United States. Canada’s scores, TV schedule at 2019 hockey world championship The format for the 2019 IIHF World Championship consists of two groups of eight teams. They'll play a preliminary round robin to determine seeding, followed by a single-elimination tournament. Canada drew Group A, which also includes the United States, Finland, Slovakia, France, Germany, Denmark and the recently promoted Great Britain. (All times Eastern) How to watch Canada games live online In Canada, TSN will carry all games across five TSN channels and TSN.ca. The IIHF will also have a live stream through Game Center and on the World Championship YouTube Page (although, some games may be geoblocked). Team Canada’s 2019 World Championship roster No. Name Pos. Hometown NHL Team 29 Mackenzie Blackwood G Thunder Bay, Ont. NJD 30 Matt Murray G Thunder Bay, Ont. PIT 31 Carter Hart G Sherwood Park, Alta. PHI 4 Dante Fabbro D Coquitlam, B.C. NSH 5 Philippe Myers D Moncton, N.B. PHI 25 Darnell Nurse D Hamilton, Ont. EDM 27 Shea Theodore D Langley, B.C. VGK 28 Damon Severson D Melville, Sask. NJD 51 Troy Stecher D Richmond, B.C. VAN 62 Brandon Montour D Brantford, Ont. BUF 72 Thomas Chabot D Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Que. OTT 7 Sean Couturier F Bathurst, N.B. PHI 10 Tyson Jost F Kelowna, B.C. COL 14 Adam Henrique F Burford, Ont. ANA 16 Jared McCann F London, Ont. PIT 17 Dylan Strome F Mississauga, Ont. CHI 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois F Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. CLB 19 Kyle Turris F New Westminster, B.C. NSH 21 Mathieu Joseph F Laval, Que. TBL 23 Sam Reinhart F West Vancouver, B.C. BUF 39 Anthony Mantha F Longueuil, Que. DET 59 Tyler Bertuzzi F Sudbury, Ont. DET 61 Mark Stone F Winnipeg, Man. VGK 71 Anthony Cirelli F Woodbridge, Ont. TBL 81 Jonathan Marchessault F Cap-Rouge, Que. VGK World Championship standings GROUP A Team Wins Losses OTL Points 1. Canada 6 1 0 18 2. Finland 5 1 1 16 3. Germany 5 2 0 15 4. United States 5 2 0 14 5. Slovakia 4 3 0 11 6. Demark 2 4 1 6 7. Great Britain 1 6 0 2 8. France 0 5 2 2 GROUP B Team Wins Losses OTL Points 1. Russia 7 0 0 21 2. Czech Republic 6 1 0 18 3. Sweden 5 2 0 15 4. Switzerland 4 3 0 12 5. Latvia 3 4 0 9 6. Norway 2 5 0 6 7. Italy 1 6 0 2 8. Austria 0 6 1 1 Wins in regulation = 3 points Overtime win = 2 points Overtime loss = 1 point Full World Championship schedule FRIDAY, MAY 10 Finland 3, Canada 1 10:15 a.m. ET NHLN, TSN Russia 5, Norway 2 10:15 a.m. ET TSN5 Slovakia 4, USA 1 2:15 p.m. ET NHLN, TSN Czech Republic 5, Sweden 2 2:15 p.m. ET TSN3 SATURDAY, MAY 11 Denmark 5, France 4 (SO) 6:15 a.m. NHLN Switzerland 9, Italy 0 6:15 a.m. TSN Germany 3, Great Britain 1 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN Latvia 5, Austria 2 10:15 a.m. TSN3 Finland 4, Slovakia 2 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN Czech Republic 7, Norway 2 2:15 p.m. TSN3 SUNDAY, MAY 12 USA 7, France 1 6:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Russia 5, Austria 0 6:15 a.m. TSN4 Germany 2, Denmark 1 10:15 a.m. ... Sweden 8, Italy 0 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Canada 8, Great Britain 0 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN Switzerland 3, Latvia 1 2:15 p.m. TSN2 MONDAY, MAY 13 USA 3, Finland 2 (OT) 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN Russia 3, Czech Republic 0 10:15 a.m. TSN5 Canada 6, Slovakia 5 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN Sweden 9, Norway 1 2:15 p.m. TSN3 TUESDAY, MAY 14 Denmark 9, Great Britain 0 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN Latvia 3, Italy 0 10:15 a.m. TSN5 Germany 4, France 1 2:15 p.m. TSN Switzerland 3, Austria 0 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 USA 6, Great Britain 3 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN Switzerland 4, Norway 1 10:15 a.m. TSN5 Germany 3, Slovakia 2 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN Russia 10, Italy 0 2:15 p.m. TSN5 THURSDAY, MAY 16 Canada 5, France 2 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Sweden 9, Austria 1 10:15 a.m. TSN5 Finland 3, Denmark 1 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN3 Czech Republic 6, Latvia 3 2:15 p.m. TSN5 FRIDAY, MAY 17 Slovakia 6, France 3 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Norway 5, Austria 3 10:15 a.m. TSN5 Finland 5, Great Britain 0 2:15 p.m. TSN5 Czech Republic 8, Italy 0 2:15 p.m. NHLN SATURDAY, MAY 18 USA 7, Denmark 1 6:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Russia 3, Latvia 1 6:15 a.m. TSN5 Canada 8, Germany 1 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Norway 7, Italy 1 10:15 a.m. TSN2 Slovakia 7, Great Britain 1 2:15 p.m. ... Sweden 4, Switzerland 3 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN5 SUNDAY, MAY 19 USA 3, Germany 1 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN3 Czech Republic 8, Austria 0 10:15 a.m. TSN2 Finland 3, France 0 2:15 p.m. TSN2 Russia 3, Switzerland 0 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN3 MONDAY, MAY 20 Great Britain 4, France 3 (OT) 10:15 a.m. TSN2 Sweden 5, Latvia 4 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN Canada 5, Denmark 0 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN Italy 4, Austria 3 (SO) 2:15 p.m. TSN2 TUESDAY, MAY 21 Germany 4, Finland 2 6:15 a.m. TSN Czech Republic 5, Switzerland 4 6:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN2 Slovakia 2, Denmark 1 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN Latvia 4, Norway 1 10:15 a.m. TSN2 Canada 3, USA 0 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN Russia 7, Sweden 4 2:15 p.m. TSN2 THURSDAY, MAY 23 QF: Canada 3, Switzerland 2 (OT) 10:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN QF: Russia 4, USA 3 10:15 a.m. TSN3 QF: Finland 5, Sweden 4 (OT) 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN QF: Czech Republic 5, Germany 1 2:15 p.m. TSN4 SATURDAY, MAY 25 SF: Finland 1, Russia 0 9:15 a.m. NHLN, TSN SF: Canada 5, Czech Republic 1 1:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN SUNDAY, MAY 26 Bronze medal: Russia 3, Czech Republic 2 (SO) 9:45 a.m. NHLN, TSN Gold medal: Finland 3, Canada 1 2:15 p.m. NHLN, TSN (All times Eastern)<doc-sep>
Kaapo Kakko is the real deal, and Canada found that out the hard way. The Canadians didn't know what to expect against Finland on opening day of the 2019 IIHF World Championship, but they were well aware of the promise of 18-year-old Kakko. The teenager showed that potential can be realized early when he scored the first and last goals of Finland's 3-1 victory over Canada on Friday, and Kakko demonstrated throughout that he will be a force to be reckoned with when he enters the NHL later this year. Canada suffered from a lack of familiarity, both within its own team and with the opposition, and it showed on Friday. Dressing 16 players who had never previously played in the world championship, Alain Vigneault's Canada squad struggled to adjust to the international game at times and allowed itself to be stretched on the bigger international ice surface. And with the Finland team filled with players who ply their trade in various European leagues, the Canadians were unable to scout their opponents as thoroughly as they normally would. It all led to a performance that was disjointed at times, although Canada did have its chances and imposed its will during long stretches. It wasn't enough, though, and the Finns held on for an unlikely victory to open the competition. Game over. 🇨🇦 is edged in a tight opening game by 🇫🇮. Game stats: https://t.co/igZd2KOZSJ#IIHFWorlds pic.twitter.com/YGqZHr0k3Q — Team Canada Men (@HC_Men) May 10, 2019 Sporting News is tracked Friday's 2019 IIHF World Championship Group A opener between Canada and Finland with live, real-time updates. See how it all played out below: Finland 3, Canada 1: Score, result from prelim game Third period 0:00 - That's it! Finland takes this one 3-1, with teen phenom Kaapo Kakko scoring twice. 0:34 - 🚨 GOAL 🚨 Finland finally gets out of their own zone, and the empty netter follows. Finland 3, Canada 1. Just after Anthony Mantha nearly found the equalizer for 🇨🇦, 18-year-old Kaapo Kakko scores an empty netter for his 2nd goal of the game to make it 3-1 Finland.#IIHFWorlds 🇫🇮 pic.twitter.com/ci2iPZeKBK — TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 10, 2019 0:49 - BIG SAVE! Mantha somehow gets all alone in front of the Finnish net, but Lankinen makes the stop. 1:47 - Murray heads to the bench. The Canadian net is empty. 2:52 - The power play ends with nothing doing for the Finns. All eyes turn to Matt Murray in the Canadian net now. 4:52 - Finland will go on the power play after Darnell Nurse is called for tripping. 5:12 - Yikes! Couturier nearly scores an own goal when he slides the puck back to Murray in a scramble in the Canadian goalmouth. 5:29 - Murray holds his ground as the Finns crash the net. Finland is finding a bit more space now as Canada looks to push for the equalizer. A couple of stops by Matt Murray in a scramble in front. He's been good today. Can't blame him on either goal against. #IIHFWorlds pic.twitter.com/0o8epogZ4R — Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) May 10, 2019 7:03 - Good movement by the Canadians in the Finland zone, but nothing to trouble the goalie too much. 10:00 - We're into the final ten minutes here, with Canada still trailing by a goal. 13:34 - Marchessault registers his fourth shot of the game. He leads the Canadians in that department. 17:24 - 🚨 GOAL 🚨 The Finns immediately take advantage, after a huge bounce confuses everyone. The puck lands in front of Canada's net, and it's knocked in on the second attempt. Finland 2, Canada 1. 🇫🇮 SCORES! Arttu Ilomaki cleans up the bouncing puck to give Finland a 2-1 lead early in the third period! #IIHFWorlds pic.twitter.com/IHtTbRwVwz — TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 10, 2019 17:31 - Finland gets its first power play after Damon Severson gets called for crosschecking. 20:00 - The teams are back, and we're underway again. Second period 0:00 - Canada was the better team for most of that period, but Finland started and ended the frame looking dangerous. Should be a barn-burner third period. Finland 1, Canada 1. 1:02 - Now the Finns have set up camp in the Canadian end. Murray's suddenly busy after being left alone for most of the second period. 5:30 - Canada's getting lots of time in the offensive zone now. The Canadians seem a lot more comfortable over the past several minutes. 8:48 - Now it's a Lankinen save on Mantha.