Russia's Alexander Romanov celebrates his goal against Denmark during second period IIHF world junior hockey championship action in Vancouver, British...
Russia's Alexander Romanov celebrates his goal against Denmark during second period IIHF world junior hockey championship action in Vancouver, British Columbia on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Denmark's Victor Cubars, center, battles Russia's Kirill Slepets, left, and Mark Rubinchik, right, for the puck during the second period of a world ju...
Denmark's Victor Cubars, center, battles Russia's Kirill Slepets, left, and Mark Rubinchik, right, for the puck during the second period of a world junior hockey championship game Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Denmark's Magnus Koch, left, and Russia's Ivan Morozov vie for the puck during the third period of a world junior hockey championship game Thursday, D...
Denmark's Magnus Koch, left, and Russia's Ivan Morozov vie for the puck during the third period of a world junior hockey championship game Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Sweden's Filip Sveningsson (17) fights for control of the puck with Slovakia's Jozef Balaz (24) during the first period of a world junior hockey champ...
Sweden's Filip Sveningsson (17) fights for control of the puck with Slovakia's Jozef Balaz (24) during the first period of a world junior hockey championship game Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Victoria, British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
Sweden's Adam Boqvist (3) fights for control of the puck with Slovakia's Jozef Balaz (24) during the second period of a world junior hockey championsh...
Sweden's Adam Boqvist (3) fights for control of the puck with Slovakia's Jozef Balaz (24) during the second period of a world junior hockey championship game Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Victoria, British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
Sweden's Erik Brannstrom (12) fights for control of the puck with Slovakia's Martin Pospisil (25) during the second period of a world junior hockey ch...
Sweden's Erik Brannstrom (12) fights for control of the puck with Slovakia's Martin Pospisil (25) during the second period of a world junior hockey championship game Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, in Victoria, British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alexander Romanov had a goal and two assists and Russia beat Denmark 4-0 on Thursday in the world junior hockey championship.
Vitali Kravtsov added a goal and an assist, Pavel Shen and Ivan Morozov also scored, and Danil Tarasov made 20 saves for Russia in its Group A opener.
Denmark was coming off a 14-0 loss to Canada on Wednesday night. The defending champion Canadians faced Switzerland in the late Group A game at Rogers Arena.
In Group B in Victoria, Sweden beat Slovakia 5-2 to improve to 2-0 and extend its record round-robin winning streak to 46. Emil Bemstrom scored twice, and Lucas Elvenes and Isac Lundestrom each had a goal and an assist.
In the late game at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Finland played Kazakhstan.
The United States opened Group B play Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory over Slovakia. The Americans will face Kazakhstan on Friday night, play Sweden on Saturday night and complete round-robin play against Finland on Monday night.
