“We can take a lot from this game, said U.S. head coach Seth Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.). “We were a bit nervous and hyper and we need to clean up some of the mistakes, but I liked how we responded in the third period and we will respond to the adversity of this loss tomorrow.”

Team USA got on the board first when Joel Farabee (Cicero, N.Y.) fired a one-time shot past Canadian goaltender Colten Ellis to give Team USA a 1-0 lead at the 4:56 mark of the opening period. Cole Caufield (Stevens Point, Wis.) fed a pass from the left corner to a streaking Farabee. Jake Wise (Reading, Mass.) also picked up an assist on the play.

Following the opening tally, U.S. goaltender Drew DeRidder (Fenton, Mich.) made several stops as Team USA killed three penalties, including a 5-on-3 power play.

Canada tied the game at the 15:59 mark to leave teams deadlocked 1-1 heading into the first intermission.

Team USA opened the second period by drawing two penalties for a 5-on-3 power play advantage. Oliver Wahlstrom (Quincy, Mass.) capitalized in the final seconds of the second power play to give Team USA a 2-1 lead at 4:14. Jonathan Gruden (Rochester Mich.) and Jack Hughes (Orlando Fla.) earned assists on the play.

Canada followed by scoring three straight goals to take a 4-2 lead into the second intermission.

Wahlstrom scored his second power play goal of the night 6:40 into the third period to cut the lead to 4-3 when he fired a one-time shot off a feed from Cam York (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) into the back of the net. Hughes also earned an assist on the play.

Hughes picked up his third point of the night after ripping a shot high short-side to knot the game at 4-4 at the 9:35 mark off a feed from Gruden.

Canada broke the tie at 10:53 and added an empty netter at 19:41 to account for the 6-4 final.

DeRidder ended the game with 19 saves on 24 shots.

Team USA plays its next preliminary round game tomorrow against Switzerland. Opening faceoff is set for 3:30 p.m. local (6:30 a.m. ET) and can be seen live on NHL Network.

NOTES: The U.S. outshot Canada 35-25 … Team USA went 2-4 on the power play and held Canada scoreless on four power play attempts … Team USA now holds an all-time record of 9-2-2-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L) against Canada … The U.S. is 60-0-1-16-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) in preliminary games ... Wahlstrom was named the Team USA Player of the Game ... For complete tournament information, visit the IIHF website. ... The U.S. enters the tournament having captured a record 14 consecutive medals, including gold medals in seven of the last nine years (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017) ... Team USA has won 10 gold medals all-time, the most of any country in IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship history. The event began in 1999. Team USA earned its first gold medal in 2002 ... Follow @USAHockey on Twitter for live scoring updates during the tournament. Scores will be designated with the #U18Worlds tag ... For additional coverage, visit the USA Hockey Facebook page and Instagram account.