STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Canada scored three power-play goals en route to a 4-1 win over Belarus and moved into first place in its group at the IIHF World Championship on Friday. Claude Giroux was in on all of those power-play goals. The Philadelphia Flyers forward scored and assisted on the others by linemates Andrew Ladd and Steven Stamkos. Ryan OReilly scored Canadas first goal even-strength. Justin Schultz assisted on two goals. His Edmonton Oiler teammate and Canadian goaltender Devan Dubnyk made nine saves for his third win of the tournament. Stamkos was tied for the scoring lead in tournament with nine alongside Ilya Kovalchuk of Russia and Petri Kontiola of Finland on Friday. Canada doubled its power-play output from three goals to six in the tournament in one night. "Its going to make the difference in the big games," Giroux said. "I think our power play was moving well before. It just wasnt going in the net. Tonight was a great example of keeping it simple and getting the puck to the net." The top four countries in each pool of eight advance to the quarter-finals. Canada (4-0-1) vaulted over Switzerland into first in their pool with 13 points, although the unbeaten Swiss were just two points behind with a game in hand. Sweden (3-2) was third with nine points and the Czech Republic (2-2-1) fourth with eight. Canada has Saturday off and concludes the preliminary round with back-to-back games Sunday and Monday against the Czechs and Slovenia respectively. Finland was the leader of the Helsinki pool following a 3-2 win over Russia, who lost their second in a row. The Finns had 11 points followed by Russia and the United States with nine. Slovakia inched into fourth in that pool with one point from a 2-1 shootout loss to Austria. Thomas Vanek of the Buffalo Sabres scored the shootout winner as Austria claimed its second win of the tournament. Canada added Vancouver Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis to the team Friday. The Smithers, B.C., native is expected to arrive Saturday and will bump the roster up to 23 players, including eight defencemen. Countries can carry a maximum of 25 players in the tournament. The Canucks were swept in the first round of the NHL playoffs by San Jose. Hamhuis represented Canada in four world championships. He won gold in 2007 and silver in 2008 and 2009. "Its giving us a really good veteran player that has played against every top opponent in the league," Canadian head coach Lindy Ruff said. Belarus is ranked No. 14 in the world behind Canada at No. 5 and is the host country of next years IIHF World Championship in Minsk. The Belarusians held their opposition to three goals or less per game prior to facing Canada, but their offence has been anaemic. Theyre the lowest-scoring team in the tournament with six goals in four games. Alexei Yefimenko foiled Dubnyks shutout bid at 15:58 of the third period. Goaltender Dmitri Milchakov made 33 saves. Canada played its second game in as many days after beating host Sweden 3-0 the previous night. The game against Belarus didnt have the atmosphere of the night before, but the Canadians played a strong first period and fed off the success of their special teams. In addition to scoring three times with an extra attacker, Canada held Belarus scoreless on five chances. "We wanted to have a good start, with high energy," OReilly said. "Theres never an easy game in this tournament. Every team can play, every team can skate. "We wanted to play our style of game, get the puck deep, work it and put the puck in the net. Thats what we did." Giroux scored a wrap-around goal at 2:35 of the third period. He took a feed from Stamkos and deked one way to get Belaruss defence going the wrong way before tucking the puck in the corner. On a rush with Stamkos, Giroux dished the puck at the last minute so the Tampa Bay Lighting star had an easy tap in at 5:27 of the second period. Giroux teed Ladd up in the high slot for Canadas first power-play goal at 16:59 of the first. "They made a couple of plays you cant draw up," Ruff said. "Just skill plays." OReilly whipped Jeff Skinners backhand pass from behind the goal-line past Milchakov at 11:17 of the first period. Notes: Steve Yzerman, Canadas executive director of national teams and the Tampa Bay Lightning general manager, was at Fridays game . . . Canada is undefeated against Belarus in seven world championship meetings . . . Belarus defenceman Roman Graborenko played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for Drummondville and Cape Breton. Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Pas Cher . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. Air Max 720 Pas Cher . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. 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Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury.Elite League speedway is back and Sky Sports reporter Chris Louis picks the bones out of the 2016 teams and chooses his men to watch this campaign. Belle Vue AcesI imagine Richie Worrall will be putting himself under pressure to push himself into a heat leader position for the Aces. One man who could possibly be a key rider for them is Max Fricke. If he continues his progression, and there is no reason why he should not, then they will be up there at the end of the season. Obviously the new stadium has got off to an inauspicious start and its going to need quite a bit of recovering but I do believe theyve got an excellent track and facility. It will recover eventually and that will help them. Although, theyve got no home track advantage for the first half of the season so that goes against them a little bit. Max Fricke (Blue) could be key to the Aces season Coventry BeesI think a lot of people will point to Krzysztof Kasprzak as being a key rider for them. If its the Kasprzak of last years GP then theyre in trouble. If its the Kasprzak that we know, and we know what he is capable of, then theyre competitive. Jason Garrity is the Max Fricke of this team and is probably under pressure to maintain his progression. Kacper Woryna will need time to find his feet and they do need him to hit some sort of form to be a top side, so he and Garrity may come under pressure to perform. Krzysztof Kasprzak is the key man for the Bees Kings Lynn StarsTheir side came together late which may go against some of their riders preparations but they will go into the season buoyed by the fact that Rory Schlein has come back stronger than most people would have given him credit for, so that is good for their morale.They look slightly stronger with Niels-Kristian Iversen and it remains to be seen how that pans out with Troy Batchelor and the time he needs to recover from injury. Its a bit of an odd start, starting not necessarily with the team theyll be able to use for the whole season. Schlein is the big positive for them.Robert Lambert says he is ready to step up and find the consistency to make himself a genuine heat leader, if he does, theyre strong. Kai Huckenbeck has potential but has no British experience so you can expect the start of the season to be tricky for him - he is capable of turning in some good performances, he is a good performer on the continent. Schlein has returned strongly from injury Lakeside HammersLakeside have two suspects in Robert Mear and Lewis Bridger. Nobody knows what is going to happen; if theyre fully committed and nobody knows if they are. We wont know until they get going, so I think those two are question marks.Performing at their best, then Lakeside are competitive, but with Mear and Bridger not performing at their best then theyre weak. Home form is always key for Lakeside and they have to build a side that is going to be comfortable at home because its a fairly unique track. In theory they have done that, so the home form should be OK although it has deserted them the last couple of years.A lot has been said that Andreas Jonsson is riding over here for the right reasons, which bodes well because he is a class rider but their season hinges on Mear and Bridger. Lewis Bridger is back in the sport Leicester LionsI dont think this is the year Leicester make an impact because they are just not good enough. They dont have riders that are comfortable on all of the British tracks. They lack genuine heat leader quality, people that will consistently bang in double figure scores. Sebastian Ulamek is a good rider but he haas never been consistent over here and I cant see him being a clear leader or anyone else.dddddddddddd They lack any clear firepower although they do have strength in depth. Sebastian Ulamek is back in the Elite League Poole PiratesSigning Krzysztof Buczkowski as a non-heat leader, which then allowed them to sign the other three heat leaders (Chris Holder, Davey Watt, Hans Andersen) has given them a huge advantage. Buczkowski is a good rider and is exciting to watch which will be the difference between them and everybody else in the league.Poole have got the strongest reserve pairing if Adam Ellis and Kyle Newman are on form. So to have the strongest reserve pairing and four heat leaders, youd be a fool not to put them top! Adam Ellis could fulfill potential in 2016 Swindon RobinsThe Australian feel at Swindon could work as they tend to react well to each other. Again they seem to lack heat leaders, its a job to see who the second and third heat leaders are in their team. If the competition to fill those berths spurs them on then they look quite good, but if it doesnt then they lack back-up for Jason Doyle at the top. They need good competition in their team to spur a couple of them on to become genuinely consistent heat leaders. Does Jason Doyle lack back up for the Robins? Wolverhampton WolvesWolves needed some wholesale change for the fans sake really - mix it up and try something new. Its very much going to depend on Freddie Lindgren leading them. If he fails to do that then they dont have that No 1 that every team needs to rely on. Joonas Kylmakorpi is a bit of an odd one because consistency lets him down, but he can be a No 1 in this league. Hes proven on so many occasions that he can be a world beater so you need them to find top performances to lead that side. Its a bit of a hit-and-miss side, they are all capable but not on a consistent basis. Joonas Kylmakorpi can be a world beater on his day Man to watch: Because Im a Brit I will say Robert Lambert. Hes going to make a big difference to Kings Lynn if he can be a consistent heat leader. Robert Lambert showed what he is capable of last season for Kings Lynn Youngster to watch: Other than Robert, Brady Kurtz is the one to watch because he wont look at a programme and be fazed by any names.Prediction:1. Poole (champions)2. Belle Vue3. Kings Lynn4. Coventry5. Swindon6. Lakeside7. Wolverhampton8. Leicester Also See: Pearsons 2016 Elite League preview Elite League on Sky Sports ' ' '