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Dylan Larkin of United States, center, Czech Republic's Jan Kolar, left and Czech Republic's Radim Simek, right, battle for the puck during the Ice Hockey World Championships quarterfinal match between Czech Republic and United States, in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 19, 2016.

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Auston Matthews, who is expected to be the No. 1 pick in this year's NHL draft, scored the winning goal in a shootout Thursday to give the United States a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals of the World Championship in Russia.

Dylan Larkin of the Detroit Red Wings didn't figure in the scoring for the Americans but had two shots on goal and an even plus-minus rating in 19:07 of ice time.

Matthews scored in regulation for Team USA, which will meet the winner of today's game between Canada and Sweden in Saturday's semifinals.

Tomas Zohorna scored for the Czechs.

Finland 5, Denmark 1: Finland remained unbeaten in eight games by moving into the semifinals, where the winner of today's game between Russia and Germany will be the its semifinal opponent. Mikael Grandlund of the Minnesota Wild scored twice for the Finns, who also got goals from Patrik Laine, Jussi Jokinen of the Florida Panthers and Jarno Koskiranta. Red Wings' forward Teemu Pulkkinen sat out his third straight game for Finland. Lars Eller of the Montreal Canadiens scored for Denmark.

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