Canada outlasts Russia in OT to punch semifinal ticket at worlds

Canada got the game-winner from Ryan O'Reilly 4:57 into overtime to beat Russia 5-4 on Thursday and advance to the World Championship semifinals.

O'Reilly converted Connor McDavid's third assist of the game to earn the Canadians the knockout-round victory.

The back-and-forth contest had been pushed to OT when Artem Anisimov beat Darcy Kuemper with a soft backhand up high with just over five minutes left in regulation.

The Canadians also had goals from forwards Kyle Turris, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and Pierre-Luc Dubois, as well as D-man Colton Parayko.

For the Big Red Machine, Alexander Barbanov, Ilya Mikheyev, and Sergei Andronov scored in the losing effort.

Canada now advances to the semifinal where it will face the winner of Thursday's afternoon quarterfinal between Finland and Switzerland.

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