Canada vs France Prediction: Expect a Total Over

On 24 May 2022, the next Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and France will take place in Helsinki, Finland.

Canada continues to play as the reigning World Cup champions, and the Maple Leafs started the last World Cup with three straight defeats but then transformed and went on to win the title. Now, Claude Julien's side decided to avoid their mistakes, so they went into the 2022 World Cup with four straight victories (22:8 overall). The Red and Black would keep rolling with the same intensity and purpose, but in the last two games, they unexpectedly lost to Switzerland and Denmark by 3:6 and 2:3, respectively. Two consecutive defeats dropped the Canadians to fourth place in the Group A standings.

France was not supposed to play in the elite division of the 2022 World Cup, but they were invited to replace Russia. They were so excited and confident that they avoided relegation at the end of the tournament. In their two key games, the team beat the Kazakhs and Italians with the same score of 2:1, and the second meeting was challenging, but they still managed to achieve a positive result. Having secured their place in the elite table, the Three-Colours lost their last two games to Denmark and Switzerland, 0:3 and 2:5, respectively, finishing sixth in Group A.

France was supposed to play in the world's second-best division but was invited to play in the 2022 World Cup. It has not failed in any of its matches at the tournament. There's a good chance that the streak will end on the final day of the group stage play, as the team will have to face the furious Canadians, who have lost two straight games and will now be looking to get back on track against the underdogs. As a result, we have to bet on Canada winning with a handicap (-4.5) at around 2.39.

The Musketeers have hit the Maple Leafs 13 times (1.86 average per game) in their last seven encounters, with only one score in the Red and Black's previous seven games. And now we have the right to expect that Phillip Boson's charges can score. In addition, the Canadians have never really conceded a goal at the 2022 World Cup. Of course, the Maple Leafs will also be scoring plenty of goals for the French, so we suggest betting on a total over 6.5 for 2.04.

Dawson Mercer is a young Canadian forward who has already had an entire season in the NHL. For New Jersey, he played in all 82 regular-season games and recorded a respectable 42 points (17 goals + 25 assists). Pretty good result for a league debutant! At the 2022 World Cup, he also added three assists, confirming the continuing excellent form of the 20-year-old player. We will look closely at the goal scored by Dawson Mercer at odds of 1.90.

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