World Junior Hockey Championship 2017 Results: Quarterfinal Scores and Reaction

The finest young hockey talent continued to entertain the sporting world Monday with the quarterfinals of the IIHF World Junior Championship. 

The quarterfinal games were to be played out in Montreal and Toronto and included appearances from some of the tournament's favorites in Sweden, the United States and Canada. 

Here are the updated results from the day's action:

Team	Team	Result
Denmark	Russia	4-0 RUS
Sweden	Slovakia	8-3 SWE
USA	Switzerland	3-2 USA
Canada	Czech Republic	5-3 CAN

Russia 4, Denmark 0

Russia seemingly clicked into gear for the first time at the World Juniors in a dominating showing against Denmark. 

The Danes became one of the best stories of the tournament after taking down the defending champions, Finland, to take the No. 2 seed in Group A, but Russia nabbed two first-period goals via Alexander Polunin and Kirill Kaprizov. 

Polunin's goal was a shocker, coming from just within center ice as Danish goalie Lasse Petersen simply missed the puck, via TSN:

Kaprizov's goal, which put Russia up 2-0, came with just 11 seconds left in the period and snapped Denmark's perfect penalty-kill streak (15 of 15 entering Monday) at the tournament. 

It was all Russia needed thanks to a defense that didn't give Denmark many looks at its net. Through the game's first two periods, Denmark could only get seven shots through to goaltender Ilya Samsonov, who saved them easily. 

Samsonov ended the night with 14 saves and a second straight shutout, although he faced just 29 shots over those two games.

Russia added two more goals in the third period to end any doubt of its dominance. Pavel Karnaukhov fought his way toward the front of the net and cleaned up a rebound, beating a pair of defensemen in the process. 

Shortly after killing off a pair of penalties, Kaprizov, a Minnesota Wild draft pick, got his second and tournament-leading sixth goal to ice the game. 

If the defense can continue protecting Samsonov the way it has, it takes a ton of pressure off the offense moving forward. However, it will face its largest test in the form of the United States. 

Sweden 8, Slovakia 3

Sweden had scored 12 more goals than Slovakia entering the quarterfinals and flexed its scoring muscles yet again on Monday.

The Swedes waited just 1:08 before taking the lead through Joel Eriksson Ek's creativity. On the power play, Slovakia gave the winger just enough room to weave to his forehand and snap a wrister home, via TSN:

Tim Soderlund's hard drive to the net doubled Sweden's lead when he deked to his backhand and lifted one over Adam Huska.

With three minutes to go in the first, Sweden made it 3-0 after Carl Grundstrom's wrist shot went top shelf over the glove of Huska to end the game as a competitive affair early. 

Alexander Nylander and Fredrik Karlstrom scored at the start of the second period to add insult to Slovakian injury and make it 5-0. 

But the underdogs managed to nab a pair of goals to keep their deficit at three heading into the third period. 

Sweden's relentless attack, though, simply wore out Slovakia and added another three goals in the third period to cruise to the easy win. 

During the final period, Eriksson Ek and Soderlund scored their second goals of the night. With the 8-3 win, Sweden will now await the winner of the Canada-Czech Republic matchup. 

While the scoreboard displayed a lopsided result, it might have not done enough justice for the domination Sweden showed on Monday night. The victors outshot Slovakia 50-18 for the game, including a first period that had Sweden unleash 20 shots compared to just three from Slovakia.

United States 3, Switzerland 2

In its toughest game of the tournament so far, the United States needed a third-period goal from Jordan Greenway to move past Switzerland and into the semifinals.

NHL Network showed Greenway's winner:

After the U.S. jumped out to a 2-0 lead through one period thanks to goals from Jeremy Bracco and Luke Kunin, Switzerland scored one in the second and another with 14 minutes left in the third to knot the game right back up.

A lot of it had to do with immature penalties that presented Switzerland with prime chances to score. Both of the Swiss' tallies came on the power play as they seized momentum in the early part of the third.

But it didn't last long, as Greenway's goal came just 18 seconds after Nico Hischier's equalizer.

While the United States has won all five of its games at the World Juniors, the effort against the Swiss will force it to sit up and take notice heading into the semifinals against the Russians.

If it can't stay composed like it did Monday, then the United States' promising campaign could be in trouble in the semifinals Wednesday.

Canada 5, Czech Republic 3

Canada bounced back from its disappointing loss to the United States in the preliminary round with a 5-3 victory over the Czech Republic in the last quarterfinal matchup.

Julien Gauthier scored two goals, both in the third period, as the host nation advanced to the semifinals to take on Sweden. Mitchell Stephens also played a big role in the win with one goal and two assists.

It was a scary start to the game for Canada, which gave up the opening score to David Kase. Czech Republic's 1-0 advantage held through the end of the first period.

This set up a wild second period with four goals and a handful of lead changes. Canada scored twice in a row to go up 2-1, but Tomas Soustal answered for the underdogs to keep it 2-2.

The game-changing moment was this score by Thomas Chabot:

Mark Masters of TSN described the play of the young defender:

Gauthier then came through with two goals in the third period to help extend the lead, providing some necessary insurance against the high-powered Czech attack. Simon Stransky scored in the third as well, but it wasn't enough to help his team overcome the deficit.

Canada will now take on Sweden in the second semifinal Wednesday. Considering Sweden is coming off an eight-goal effort, Canada will need to focus on its defense in order to stay alive in this competition.