World Championship: Nelson, Lee help U.S. roll past Italy for 3rd straight win

Here's what happened on Day 6 of the World Hockey Championship in Paris, France, and Cologne, Germany.

United States 3 - Italy 0

• A pair of New York Islanders teammates did all of the damage for the U.S. against Italy on Wednesday, as Brock Nelson notched two goals and Anders Lee scored once.
• The Americans earned their third consecutive victory at the tournament, and they've outscored opponents 14-5 in those wins.
• Jimmy Howard only needed to make nine saves to earn the shutout for his second victory at the tourney.
• The U.S. (3-0-0-1) now sits second in Group A behind Latvia (3-0-0-0), which also has nine points but holds a game in hand. Those two will meet Saturday.

Canada (3-0-0-0) is idle Wednesday, and faces France (1-1-0-1) on Thursday.

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