On Monday, with Canada looking to guarantee a spot in the tournament final with a victory against Finland, it was McDavid again who opened the scoring en route to a 5-3 victory. When it was time to set the tone of the game, the Edmonton Oilers center did exactly that.

When they played “O Canada” for the second time, there were no American fans left in the arena to boo. Instead, the Canadian team stood at the blue line, arm in arm, player and coach, wearing their championship hats while the maple leaf flag was lowered behind the 4 Nations Face-Off trophy and the national anthem reverberated across the Americans' home ice.

Nathan MacKinnon struck early for Canada, and Brady Tkachuk followed it up to the U.S. before the end of the period. Jake Sanderson, who has the tools to be a top defenseman in the league in short order, gave the Americans their first and only lead of the game in the second period, which was answered by 2014 fourth-overall pick Sam Bennett.