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attemtps to cut towards the French net at the 2011 World Championship in Kosice, Slovakia Sunday, May 1, 2011.(Photo by Jukka Rautio span> Related Items: Canada vs France Gamesheet View Photo Gallery Canada|Sweden Based on their narrow 3-2 victory over France in exhibition play one week ago, Canada couldn't take their opponents lightly.In the first period, Canada went back and forth with football game online France but emerged with a 3-0 lead thanks to expert snipes by Marc-Andre Gragnani, Jason Spezza, and Jeff Skinner, as well as strong goaltending from James Reimer.France pulled Cristobal Huet in favour of Fabrice Lhenry at the start of the second period, and the club's forwards responded to the goaltending change: near the game's midway point, Pierre Edouard Bellemare slipped a power-play shot pa football game online st Reimer to get France back within two.But that's as close as they would get. Chris Stewart and Alex Pietrangelo added two to Canada's tally later in the second period, and a four-goal outburst in the third (including a successful penalty shot for Skinner) had Canada up 9-1 at the final buzzer.Although the final score was lopsided, the close 39-33 shot count proves goaltending was the deciding fa football game online ctor. Reimer made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win, but Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk, struggled to find the net, registering one shot and finishing +1 in 12:39.UP NEXT Can Oilers forward Magnus Paajarvi and his fellow Swedes will face Austria at 12:15pm MT. That game will be ROUND ROBIN SCHEDULE - RESULTSCanada 4 | | Photos HighlightsNorway 5 | | PhotosCanada 9 | | PhotosSweden Games football game online heet | Photos | Canada Gamesheet | Photos | Sweden Gamesheet | Photos | ====== football game online
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