Day 3 of the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Zurich, Switzerland, saw another pair of Vancouver Canucks representatives hit the scoresheet.

Through the opening few days of the tournament, three of Vancouver’s four players have now recorded points, with Max Sasson joining the mix during Sunday’s action.

While most of North America was sleeping, Max Sasson and Team USA handled Great Britain with relative ease in a 5-1 victory.

And Sasson’s line played a noticeable role in the result. Once again centring the Americans’ third line, this time between Mathieu Olivier and Paul Cotter, the trio combined for six points in the winning effort, with Sasson contributing his first assist of the tournament.

The line connected on the opening goal of the game in the first period. Hovering high in the offensive zone, Sasson gathered the puck in the slot following a failed clearing attempt and quickly threw it toward the net. The puck bounced through traffic before landing perfectly on the stick of Paul Cotter at the top of the crease for the easy finish.

Sasson finished the game with an assist, a plus-1 rating, and 12:22 of ice time.

Great Britain managed to find an equalizer in the second period, but the Americans took over from there with four unanswered goals and three in the third period to seal the victory while finishing with a commanding 40-20 shot advantage.

The win marked Team USA’s first of the tournament after dropping its opener to Switzerland.

Sweden rebounded from its opening-game loss to Canada with a relatively smooth 6-2 victory over Denmark.

The Swedes controlled most of the game from start to finish, outshooting Denmark 29-15 while building a 4-0 lead before the Danes finally found the back of the net midway through the contest.

Much of Sweden’s offence came from its high-powered top line featuring Lucas Raymond, 2026 draft-eligible Viggo Björck, and Ivar Stenberg. Raymond finished with a goal and two assists, while Björck and Stenberg combined for four points.

But Vancouver Canucks forward Linus Karlsson also chipped in offensively from Sweden’s second line.

Late in the third period, Karlsson picked up his first goal and second point of the tournament after benefiting from a fortunate bounce off a centring attempt. Carrying the puck along the wall, he fired a feed toward the middle that redirected off a Danish defender’s skate and slipped past the netminder.

Beyond the goal, Karlsson was active throughout the day, recording two shots, taking a pair of penalties, and finishing plus-1 in 14:22 of ice time.

Day 4 of the tournament will feature all four Vancouver Canucks representatives in action — and for the first time, they’ll face one another. First up, Aatu Räty and Finland will take on Max Sasson and Team USA. Later in the day, Linus Karlsson and Sweden will battle Filip Hronek and Czechia.