Canada catches fire in 3rd period to rout Denmark, remain perfect at men's hockey worlds

Porter Martone had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby had four assists and Canada defeated Denmark 5-1 for its third straight win at the men's hockey world championship on Monday in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Gabriel Vilardi, Denton Mateychuk, Ryan O'Reilly and Parker Wotherspoon also scored for Canada, with Macklin Celebrini dishing out two assists.

Nick Olesen had Denmark's lone goal.

The game was scoreless until Martone got things going 28 seconds into the third period. Vilardi and Mateychuk made it a 3-0 game by the 3:33 mark.

Olesen scored at 10:12 but O'Reilly quickly answered back 1:37 later to restore Canada's three-goal lead. Wotherspoon sealed the scoring with 29 seconds left.

Canada (3-0) leads Group A with nine points, with Denmark (0-3) sits in last. The Canadians will next face Norway on Thursday.