Binnington, Canada shut out Czechia in Olympic opener

Horvat made it 3-0 at 17:26, taking a slick feed from Brad Marchand at the red line, skating in alone on Dostal and finishing the play by going forehand-backhand and sliding the puck through the goalie’s pads.

MacKinnon completed a pretty passing play with McDavid and Crosby for a power-play goal at 7:42 of the third to make it 4-0.

Suzuki made it 5-0 at 15:23 of the third to give McDavid his third assist.

Binnington shut down Czechia, his highlights including a diving save with 1:53 left in the first period against Czechia forward David Kampf, and later robbing David Pastrnak, who had a wide-open shot from the slot at 3:30 of the second.

Binnington, who is 8-17-6 for the Blues this season, improved to 4-1-0 for Canada in best-on-best tournaments including NHL players, winning three in a row.