Maple Leaf showdown: Andersen, McElhinney to square off at worlds

It will be a somewhat unfamiliar situation for the two Toronto Maple Leafs goaltenders at the World Championship on Monday.

Curtis McElhinney will start against Denmark, Team Canada head coach Bill Peters told reporters including TSN's Ryan Rishaug on Sunday after McElhinney stopped all 25 shots he faced in Canada's 10-0 destruction of South Korea.

That means he'll square off against his NHL netminding partner, Frederik Andersen, the Maple Leafs starter who's representing the host Danes.

Andersen will have his work cut out for him against a Canadian squad oozing talent including the likes of Connor McDavid, Mathew Barzal, Brayden Schenn, Jordan Eberle, Ryan O'Reilly, Colton Parayko, and Aaron Ekblad.

Denmark earned a shootout win over Germany in its opener Friday before being shut out 4-0 by the United States the next day. Andersen has a .925 save percentage through two games.

McElhinney will be starting his second game in as many days, but he wasn't exactly overworked in his first appearance of the tourney Sunday. Darcy Kuemper played in Canada's shootout loss to the U.S. on Friday.

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