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Connor Brown scored the winning goal in the third period and Canada opened its world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over Sweden on Friday in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Canada led 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 late in the second, only to find itself in a 3-3 tie after 40 minutes.
But the Canadians went in front for good 3:31 into the third when Brown took a cross-ice pass from Porter Martone and wired a shot past Swedish goalkeeper Magnus Hellberg.
Brown, 32, broke into the NHL in the 2015-16 season in his hometown of Toronto and played three-plus seasons for the Maple Leafs.
He was traded to Ottawa on July 1, 2019 and spent three seasons with the Senators before joining the Edmonton Oilers for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns.
Brown scored 18 goals and 43 points in 75 games this season for the New Jersey Devils after signing with them as a free agent last July 1.
WATCH | Canada pulls ahead of Sweden for good with 3rd-period goals:
Connor Brown and Dylan Cozens scored in the third period to give Canada 5-3 victory over Sweden Friday at the IIHF Hockey World Championship in Fribourg, Switzerland.
John Tavares, Ryan O’Reilly, Dylan Holloway and Dylan Cozens also scored for Canada. Martone, Darnell Nurse and Fraser Minten added two assists each.
Jacob Larsson, Lucas Raymond and Mattias Ekholm scored for Sweden.
Jet Greaves stopped 25 shots for Canada, while Hellberg made 26 saves in the Swedish net.
Canada returns to action Saturday against Italy at 10:20 a.m. ET.
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