Canada shuts out Slovenia to open hockey worlds , Sweden downs Austria, Switzerland tops Denmark

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canada opened the ice hockey world championship by shutting out newcomer Slovenia 4-0 on Saturday.

Bo Horvat scored two power-play goals, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists and Noah Dobson also scored on a power play. Dylan Garand made 11 saves for Canada in the Group A game in the Swedish capital.

Horvat opened the scoring 7:22 into the opening period with a one-timed shot from the left circle.

Canada added three more goals in the middle period when it outshot Slovenia 22-3.

MacKinnon doubled the advantage 3:41 into the frame with a shot in between the pads of goalie Lukas Horak. MacKinnon opted to join Canada after his Colorado Avalanche were knocked out of the NHL playoffs in the first round.

Horvat added his second with 6:22 to go and Dobson made it 4-0 with 3:05 remaining in the second.

Canada is the most successful nation at the tournament with 28 titles but finished fourth last year.

With MacKinnon and captain Sidney Crosby together at the worlds after 10 years, Canada is a clear favorite to win for the third time in the last five years.

Last year’s bronze medalist Sweden had to rally late to top Austria 4-2 in Stockholm.

Mika Zibanejad scored twice and Jonas Brodin and Alexander Wennberg had a goal each for the Swedes.

Trailing 2-1, they came back late in the final period.

Sweden pulled goalie Samuel Ersson for an extra attacker 2:55 before the final whistle and Brodin tied it at 2-2 with a slap shot from the blue line with 2:19 remaining.

Zibanejad netted the winner from the slot 12 seconds later for his second. Wennberg added one more into an empty net.

After losing to Finland 2-1 on Friday, Austria produced another decent performance against a title favorite.

Zibanejad tied it at 1-1 after Benjamin Baumgarten put the Austrians up in the middle period but Marco Kasper restored a one-goal advantage for Austria 2:26 into the final period.

Last year’s runner up Switzerland rebounded from a 5-4 overtime defeat to the Czech Republic by beating host Denmark 5-2 in the Danish city of Herning.

Captain Nico Hischier and Tyler Moy netted twice and added an assist each, and Damien Riat also had one goal for the Swiss.

Denmark got goals from Oscar Moelgaard and Joachim Blichfeld in their second straight defeat.

Earlier in Herning, Germany routed another newcomer Hungary 6-1 in Group B after Kazakhstan beat Norway 2-1.

Also in Stockholm, Latvia beat France 4-1 in their opening game.

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Switzerland's forward Tyler Moy (95) past Denmark's goaltender Sebastian Dahm during a Group B game between Denmark and Switzerland at the hockey world championships Saturday, May 10, 2025,, in Herning, Denmark. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Sweden's Jonas Brodin, right, celebrates scoring with teammate Filip Forsberg during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Sweden and Austria at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday May 10, 2025. (Christine Olsson/TT via AP)

Canada's Nate MacKinnon, top, scores during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Slovenia and Canada at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday May 10, 2025. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Canada goalkeeper Dylan Garand during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Slovenia and Canada at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday May 10, 2025. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Canada's Bo Horvat, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Slovenia and Canada at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday May 10, 2025. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)