Burnaby's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his first goal at the International Ice Hockey Federation world championships in a 7-2 win over France on Monday.
The Edmonton Oilers rookie centre opened the scoring for Canada at 1: 59 of the first period after being partnered on a line with Patrick Sharpe and Jamie Benn.
The new line showed a lot of hop against France, factoring in on five of the team's goals, including the first four tallies, all of which came in the opening period in Finland.
Nugent-Hopkins, the No. 1 overall pick in last year's NHL draft, picked up an assist on the power play on Canada's second goal of the game by Sharpe.
The 18-year-old Nugent-Hopkins also potted his second goal of the game in the third period.
The win over France came after last Saturday's 5-4 overtime loss to the United States.
On Wednesday, Canada improved to 3-1 in preliminary round play with a 3-2 win over Switzerland.
