HELSINKI -- Defending champion Canada was eliminated by Finland, 6-5, on Saturday in a quarterfinal game at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship at Hartwall Arena.
Right wing Patrik Laine, a 2016 NHL Draft eligible prospect, scored twice for Finland, including the game-winner on a power play with 5:50 remaining.
Antti Kalapudas, Aleksi Saarela (New York Rangers), Julius Nattinen (Anaheim Ducks) and Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes) scored for host Finland, which plays Sweden in one semifinal.
Veini Vehvilainen stopped nine of 12 shots before being pulled near the midway point of the second period. Kaapo Kahkonen (Minnesota Wild) made 20 saves in relief.
Mitchell Marner (Toronto Maple Leafs) scored two power-play goals in the third period for Canada, which had lost twice in the preliminary round for the first time since 1998.
"I love the start, the way we competed, the way we battled back, but the unfortunate thing was we didn't score enough," Canada coach Dave Lowry told TSN. "It's disappointing for the returning players to feel this emotion. Last year they were able to know what it felt like to win. For the graduating guys, you use this as a stepping stone and learning curve in your career."
Dylan Strome (Arizona Coyotes), Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers) and Lawson Crouse (Florida Panthers) scored for Canada. Mackenzie Blackwood (New Jersey Devils) made 23 saves.
Russia 4, Denmark 3 (OT): Vladislav Kamenev scored twice, including in overtime to give Russia the quarterfinal win.
Kamenev scored 5:00 into overtime after the Nashville Predators prospect forced overtime by scoring with 44 seconds remaining in the third period.
"This will really help us to be more like a team, to play with emotion and without mistakes, Kamenev told the IIHF website.
Yegor Korshkov and Artur Lauta each had a goal and an assist for Russia, which outshot Denmark 46-21.
Thomas Olsen had a goal and an assist for Denmark. Markus Jensen and Emil Christensen scored.
Russia lost 5-4 to Canada in last year's final and is trying to win its first tournament gold medal since 2011.
Sweden 6, Slovakia 0: Linus Soderstrom (New York Islanders) made 17 saves in the quarterfinal victory.
It was the second shutout of the tournament for Soderstrom, who is the only goaltender to have a shutout in this year's event.
Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings), Jens Looke (Arizona Coyotes), Axel Holmstrom (Detroit Red Wings), Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (Boston Bruins), Alexander Nylander and Christoffer Ehn (Red Wings) scored for Sweden, which put the game away with three third-period goals.
"Feels good to be through to the semifinals," Holmstrom told the IIHF website. "I thought we played a really solid game."
Slovakian goalie Adam Huska stopped 49 shots.
Switzerland 5, Belarus 1: Timo Meier (San Jose Sharks) and Denis Malgin (Florida Panthers) had a goal and two assists each for Switzerland in the first relegation-round game.
Noah Rod (Sharks), Damien Riat and Julien Privet also scored for the Swiss, who outshot Belarus 41-21.
The second relegation game is Sunday.
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