EDMONTON — Alexander Blank scored his second goal of the game in overtime as Germany defeated Czechia 2-1.
Blank scored at 1:20 of the extra frame to give the Germans (1-1) their first win of the tournament.
Blank opened the scoring at 24:29 of the second period, but Jan Mysak tied it just over 10 minutes later.
Florian Bugl made 39 saves for Germany.
Jan Bednar stopped 30 shots for Czechia (0-2), which picked up its first point of the tournament despite the loss.
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