World Championship commitment tracker: Bjorkstrand heading home to rep Denmark

The IIHF World Hockey Championship begins May 4 in Denmark.

Below, we break down players' commitments by country:

Canada

• Josh Bailey (Islanders)
• Mathew Barzal (Islanders)
• Anthony Beauvillier (Islanders)
• Thomas Chabot (Senators)
• Pierre-Luc Dubois (Blue Jackets)
• Jordan Eberle (Islanders)
• Joel Edmundson (Blues)
• Aaron Ekblad (Panthers)
• Bo Horvat (Canucks)
• Tyson Jost (Avalanche)
• Darcy Kuemper (Coyotes)
• Connor McDavid (Oilers)
• Curtis McElhinney (Maple Leafs)
• Darnell Nurse (Oilers)
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Oilers)
• Ryan O'Reilly (Sabres)
• Colton Parayko (Blues)
• Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Senators)
• Ryan Pulock (Islanders)
• Brayden Schenn (Blues)
• Jaden Schwartz (Blues)

Czech Republic

• Filip Chytil (Rangers)
• Radek Faksa (Stars)
• Martin Necas (Hurricanes)
• Tomas Plekanec (Maple Leafs)
• David Rittich (Flames)

Denmark

• Frederik Andersen (Maple Leafs)
• Oliver Bjorkstrand (Blue Jackets)
• Frans Nielsen (Red Wings)

Germany

• Leon Draisaitl (Oilers)
• Korbinian Holzer (Ducks)
• Dennis Seidenberg (Islanders)

Finland

• Sebastian Aho (Hurricanes)
• Marko Anttila (Jokerit)
• Mikael Granlund (Wild)
• Miro Heiskanen (Stars)
• Julius Honka (Stars)
• Ville Husso (Blues)
• Pekka Jorma (Jokerit)
• Kasperi Kapanen (Maple Leafs)
• Eero Killyan (Orebro HK)
• Tommi Kivisto (Jokerit)
• Miika Koivisto (Karpat)
• Saku Maenalanen (Karpat)
• Sakari Manninen (Orebro HK)
• Niko Mikkola (Tappara)
• Mika Niemi (Jokerit)
• Markus Nutivaara (Blue Jackets)
• Olli Palola (Jokerit)
• Janne Pesonen (Vaxjo Lakers)
• Ville Pokka (Senators)
• Mikko Rantanen (Avalanche)
• Juuso Riikola (KalPA)
• Harri Sateri (Panthers)
• Veli-Matti Savinainen (Jugra Hanty-Mansijsk)
• Teuvo Teravainen (Hurricanes)

Russia

• Sergei Andronov (CSKA Moscow)
• Artem Anisimov (Blackhawks)
• Alexander Barabanov (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Alexei Bereglazov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
• Pavel Buchnevich (Rangers)
• Alexei Byvaltsev (Amur Khabarovski)
• Evgeny Dadonov (Panthers)
• Pavel Datsyuk (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Vladislav Gavrikov (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Mikhail Grigorenko (CSKA Moscow)
• Nikita Gusev (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Ilya Kablukov (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Kirill Kaprizov (CSKA Moscow)
• Dinar Khafizullin (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Bogdan Kiselevich (CSKA Moscow)
• Vasily Koshechkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
• Maxim Mamin (Panthers)
• Ilya Mikheev (Avangard Omsk)
• Nikita Nesterov (CSKA Moscow)
• Maxim Shalunov (CSKA Moscow)
• Igor Shestyorkin (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Ilya Sorokin (CSKA Moscow)
• Nikita Soshnikov (Blues)
• Nikita Tryamkin (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg)
• Yegor Yakovlev (SKA Saint Petersburg)
• Nikita Zaitsev (Maple Leafs)

Slovakia

• Tomas Jurco (Blackhawks)

Sweden

• Lias Andersson (Rangers)
• Mikael Backlund (Flames)
• Jacob De La Rose (Canadiens)
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Coyotes)
• Erik Gustafsson (Blackhawks)
• Mattias Janmark (Stars)
• John Klingberg (Stars)
• Adam Larsson (Oilers)
• Johan Larsson (Sabres)
• Hampus Lindholm (Ducks)
• Anders Nilsson (Canucks)
• Magnus Paajarvi (Senators)
• Rickard Rakell (Ducks)
• Mika Zibanejad (Rangers)

Switzerland

• Mirco Mueller (Devils)
• Nino Niederreiter (Wild)

United States

• Cam Atkinson (Blue Jackets)
• Will Butcher (Devils)
• Blake Coleman (Devils)
• Scott Darling (Hurricanes)
• Alex DeBrincat (Blackhawks)
• Johnny Gaudreau (Flames)
• Brian Gibbons (Devils)
• Quinn Hughes (University of Michigan)
• Patrick Kane (Blackhawks)
• Keith Kinkaid (Devils)
• Chris Kreider (Rangers)
• Dylan Larkin (Red Wings)
• Anders Lee (Islanders)
• Charlie Lindgren (Canadiens)
• Alec Martinez (Kings)
• Sonny Milano (Blue Jackets)
• Connor Murphy (Blackhawks)
• Jordan Oesterle (Blackhawks)
• Neal Pionk (Rangers)
• Derek Ryan (Hurricanes)
• Tage Thompson (Blues)
• Colin White (Senators)

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