Norway stunned Canada 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, grabbing a lead early and holding off a furious third-period rally before winning it in the extra session. The underdogs executed a disciplined forecheck and got timely scoring to hand the Canadians a rare group-stage loss.
Mathias Emilio Pettersen opened the scoring at 7:00 of the first, and Stian Solberg doubled the lead early in the second (33:00). Canada, trailing 2-0 entering the third, finally broke through when Robert Thomas scored at 59:00 and then again at 60:00 — the second off a feed from Ryan O'Reilly — to force overtime. But Norway ended it at 64:00 with an unassisted strike.
Robert Thomas’s two-goal burst in the final minute of regulation was the game’s defining sequence, but Norway’s PK held Canada to 0-for-? on the power play (no PP data provided). The win gives Norway an early statement result in the tournament.