Dylan Strome scored twice and Mathew Barzal led the way with three points as host Canada upended archrival Russia 5-3 in the headliner on opening night at the 2017 World Junior Championship.

Here's what you need to know:

• Canada opened the scoring a few shifts in when Philippe Myers, the towering undrafted defender-turned-elite prospect, wandered into the offensive zone and bought enough time to pick out Tyson Jost. He put a filthy backhand move on Ilya Samsonov, and shoveled it under the bar.
• Mikhail Sergachev tied it moments later. He stepped in off the point, and with a hesitation curl, opened up a shooting lane to beat Hart from the high slot.
• Russia had done tremendous work early closing gaps and taking shooting lanes away from Canadian captain Dylan Strome. But with the system beginning to break down on a Canadian power-play late in the second, Mathew Barzal created an avenue for Strome with a beautiful cross-ice feed to whack into an exposed net.
• Nicolas Roy made it a two-goal advantage before the break. He won a hard-fought battle for a loose puck in the slot while surrounded by defenders, and turned and fired a shot inside the far post when he gained control.
• Canada and Russia traded power-play goals early in the third. After setting up Strome, Barzal was able to stab an inaccurate centering feed over Samsonov. Kirill Kaprizov then answered, as Hart was beaten for a second time with a hard shot from high in the slot.
• Barzal created a second power-play goal for Strome midway through the period. He fired a puck off the shoulder of Samsonsov with a drive from the half boards and the rebound landed on the stick of the captain stationed on the opposite side. This was swiftly answered with a Russian goal for the second time in the period - but that's as close as Russia would come.
• Hart made 14 saves on 17 shots to collect the win, while Samsonov was saddled with the loss after making 32 stops on 37 shots.
• Barzal was named Canada's player of the game; Yego Rykov for Russia.
• Denis Guryanov slammed a turning Noah Juulsen into the boards late in the second with a heavy hit from behind. Juulsen was able to return.
• Canada meets Slovakia on Tuesday, while Russia has a short turnaround versus Latvia.

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