Colorado Avalanche star Martin Necas ready to lead Czechia to victory over Germany on Monday
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Czechia and Germany are set to face-off in the preliminary round of the IIHF World Championship on Monday morning.
Avalanche forward Martin Necas and Czechia continued their dominant run at the tournament with an 8-1 win over Kazakhstan on Saturday, marking their fifth straight win.
Colorado Avalanche star Martin Necas looking to extend Czechia's winning streak to six games at the World Championship on Monday against Germany.
The Czechs now hold the second-highest offensive output in Group B and sit in second place with 14 points, positioning themselves strongly heading into the final stretch of the preliminary round.
Meanwhile, Germany dropped its second game of the tournament with a 6-3 loss to the United States on Saturday.
Avalanche forward Martin Necas is currently centering Czechia's second line between Jakub Lauko and Matej Stransky.
In 4 games this tounrnament, Necas has registered 3 points (2 goals and 1 assist).
The Czechs haven't conceded more than two goals in regulation time in any of their last nine head-to-head World Championship matchups. They've scored at least four goals in each of the last five regulation-time meetings.
Despite those strong numbers, Czechia has not won by more than four goals in regulation in 10 of their last 11 head-to-head World Championship games. We'll see if they'll be able to do it on Monday against Germany.
Notably, recent head-to-head clashes between Germany and Czechia have tended to be high-scoring affairs, with at least six total goals scored in four of their last five World Championship meetings played in regulation time.
Czechia will wrap up their preliminary round on Tuesday as they face a dangerous United States team who currently sit third and right behind Czechia in Group B.
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