What TV channel is Canada vs. Slovakia on today? Schedule, time for 2021 World Juniors game

Less than 24 hours after dominating Germany 16-2, Hockey Canada is back on the ice for Game 2 of its 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship campaign. But as coach Andre Tourigny knows: One game does not dictate a tournament, and his team needs to be ready.

"We can not get too excited about that one," he said after the win, noting the Germans faced a lot of adversity up to and through the game. "When you're trailing by six, seven, eight goals at some point you don't play the same way there's. So, I don't read to much into the final score. I read on how we played in the third period. ... We have a lot of adversity ahead of us and we cannot get ahead of ourselves with that game."

Tourigny knows he needs to keep his team level-headed because while Slovakia is not one of the "Big Five," it's not a team to take lightly. Slovakia beat Switzerland 1-0 on Christmas, will be rested and has a couple of top NHL prospects in Martin Chromiak (LAK) and Samuel Knazko (CBJ).

While they have a somewhat easy path to a top spot in the quarterfinals, the Canadians cannot take their foot off the gas. As Dawson Mercer put it after the win against Germany: "We got to keep on progressing and getting better day by day so we can be ready for when the medal rounds come."

Here's how to watch Canada and Slovakia face off in Group A action at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. 

How to watch Canada vs. Slovakia

• TV channel (Canada): TSN
• Live stream (Canada): TSN Live
• TV channel (USA): NHL Network

Canada vs. Slovakia: When is puck drop?

• Date: Sunday, Dec. 27
• Time: 6 p.m. ET

World Juniors 2021: Latest news

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• Breakdown of every NHL teams' prospects
• Predictions: Hockey experts pick who will win gold
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• Dach, Caufield and the top four storylines
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USA

• Scores, schedule, how to watch every USA Hockey game
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• USA bounces back with dominating win over Austria

Canada

• Which players are on Canada's final roster? 
• Canada favorite to win second straight gold medal
• Kirby Dach out of tournament with wrist injury
• Scores, schedule, how to watch every Hockey Canada game
• Canada opens WJC with 16-2 blowout of Germany

Which teams are in the 2021 World Junior Championship?

Ten teams, divided into two groups of five, are participating.

Full schedule for the 2021 World Junior Championship

(All times Eastern) 

Who has won the IIHF World Junior Championships in the last 10 years?

Which countries have won the most medals at the World Junior Championship?

* Includes medals won as the Soviet Union and CIS
+ Includes medals won as Czechoslovakia