Canada’s Mark Stone, left, celebrates with Canada’s Thomas Chabot, right, after scoring his side’s sixth goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between Slovakia and Canada at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Canada’s Mark Stone, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side’s sixth goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between Slovakia and Canada at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Golden Knights players Jonathan Marchessault (from left), Mark Stone and Shea Theodore are playing for Canada in the 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship. (Las Vegas Review-Journal file photos)
Slovakia’s Matus Sukel, left, collides with Canada’s Mark Stone, right, during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between Slovakia and Canada at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Canada’s Mark Stone celebrates with after scoring his side’s sixth goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between Slovakia and Canada at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Canada’s Mark Stone, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side’s sixth goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between Slovakia and Canada at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Slovakia’s Marko Dano, right, punches Canada’s Mark Stone, left, during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between Slovakia and Canada at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Mark Stone celebrated his 27th birthday Monday by scoring a game-winning goal for Canada in the 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Slovakia.
Stone scored with 1.8 seconds remaining in the third period to give Canada (2-1) a 6-5 win over Slovakia and cap a banner day for Golden Knights players.
Forward Jonathan Marchessault and defenseman Shea Theodore also scored in Canada’s win, and forward Nikita Gusev scored in Russia’s 3-0 win over the Czech Republic.
Theodore (one goal, three assists) has four points through three games, while Marchessault (two goals, one assist) has three and Stone (one goal, one assist) has two. Gusev (two goals, three assists) has five for Russia (3-0).
