As Canada looks to lock up the top seed in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament, head coach Jon Cooper has decided not to make any changes to the starting lineup.
Canada takes on France for its final game of the preliminary round on Sunday (10:40 a.m. ET / 7:40 a.m. PT on CBC Gem, Sportsnet+).
The only change to the lineup is that Canada will dress Shea Theodore as the seventh defenceman with Josh Morrissey still sidelined. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that Morrissey and Marchand did skate earlier on Sunday.
Morrissey hasn’t played since suffering an injury in the opener against Czechia. Theodore slots in as the seventh defenceman after Travis Sanheim dressed in Friday’s game against Switzerland.
Nathan MacKinnon will start on the second line with Brandon Hagel and Nick Suzuki. Mackinnon spent some time on the top line with Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini.
Tom Wilson moved back up to the top line with Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini, while the third line of Sidney Crosby, Mitch Marner and Mark Stone remains untouched.
Seth Jarvis and Sam Bennett remain in the lineup, while Brad Marchand will continue to sit as a healthy scratch. Jarvis will start on the fourth line with Bo Horvat and Sam Reinhart, while Bennett is listed as the 13th forward.
Jordan Binnington gets the start in net after Logan Thompson played against Switzerland.
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