• Players for the United States celebrate following the shootout period at their IIHF World Junior Championship preliminary round outdoor hockey game win against Canada at New Era Field in Orchard Park, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP) Photo: Mark Blinch / CP
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Brady Tkachuk and Kieffer Bellows found enough traction in the snow to score shootout goals and cap the United States' 4-3 victory over Canada on Friday in international hockey's first outdoor game.

Tkachuk and Ron Perunovich scored 34 seconds apart in the third period to rally the United States from a 3-1 deficit in the world junior championship game played in a steady snowfall at the NFL Buffalo Bills' New Era Field. Casey Mittlestadt set up all three goals for the United States (2-1), which rebounded from a 3-2 loss to Slovakia less than 24 hours earlier.

Bellows also scored in regulation, and goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 19 shots through overtime and all four he faced in the shootout.

Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist for Canada (2-1), which has lost four straight meetings to the Americans and blown two-goal leads in three straight meetings. That includes a 5-4 shootout loss to the Americans in the gold-medal game played at Montreal in January.

Cale Makar and Dillon Dube also scored, and Carter Hart stopped 32 shots through overtime.

Russia 5, Belarus 2: St. Louis Blues draft pick Klim Kostin scored twice in leading Russia to a win over Belarus in a preliminary round game of the world junior hockey championship. Artur Kayumov and German Rubtsov had a goal and an assist each for Russia, which won its second straight since a tournament-opening 5-4 loss to the Czech Republic. Alexei Polodyan also scored as Russia clinched a berth in the quarterfinal round on Tuesday.