Canada blanks France to stay perfect at worlds

Canada remained perfect at the ice hockey world championships with a 4-0 win over France in Moscow on Monday to set up a clash with undefeated Finland in the final round-robin game for both teams.

Mark Stone, Matt Duchene, Mark Scheifele and birthday boy Corey Perry all scored for the defending champion, which posted its second consecutive shutout in Russia to improve to 6-0.

Team Canada will have its first true test of the tournament when it faces Finland on Tuesday in a game that will determine which team finishes first in Group B and gets to play the fourth-place team in the quarterfinals.