What TV channel is Finland vs. Russia on today? Schedule, time for 2021 World Juniors bronze-medal game 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Semifinal #2: United States vs. Finland — Lineups, start time, and TV schedule The two teams that lost in the 2021 IIHF World Junior semifinals will now have to regroup or leave empty-handed. Russia was handed a lopsided 5-0 loss by Canada before Finland fought to tie its semifinal game with the Americans before being shocked with 76 seconds left in regulation. They'll now meet in the bronze-medal game before Canada and the United States play for gold. "It's gonna be tough for sure," Finnish head coach Antti Pennanen said after his team's loss to the U.S. "But, of course, it's our last game. So I hope we bring the team effort tomorrow." It's been a really awesome trip with these guys to be here in the bubble," said Kasper Puutio, who had two assists in the semifinal matchup. "We still want to get a medal and be proud of this team. So we're still definitely going to be giving the best that we have tomorrow and trying to get the bronze medal." Finland brings a never-say-die attitude to the game, as it not only came back against the Americans to tie things up but also beat Sweden in the quarterfinals on a goal with 25 seconds left to cap off three unanswered goals. With a solid defensive core that gets things done on both ends of the ice and a potent power play, Finland will be a tough opponent for Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov's squad. The Russians don't have much scoring depth beyond their top-6 and will be looking for a much better performance out of their netminder. Yaroslav Askarov allowed four goals on 34 shots to the Canadians and seemed to have trouble holding onto his stick for much of the first period. Team USA overcame its opening-night loss to Russia to claim first place in Group B. They didn’t allow a goal the rest of the way in the preliminary round, but did surrender two against Slovakia on Saturday. It should have served as a reminder that despite their great offensive depth that nothing is assured, and that’s a good lesson to prepare them for Finland. When the Finns went down 2-0 to Sweden in the quarters, it looked as though a lack of creativity would catch up with them and knock them out. Then something seemed to click among the forwards, and passes were zipping across the offensive zone, putting Sweden on its heels. Finland got the tying goal early in the third, and after constant pressure netted the game-winner with seconds to go in regulation. There’s no question about their defensive chops, so if Finland can use that same offensive game versus team USA, they will have a fair chance at making it to the Gold Medal Game, but they still have to score more than the confident Americans to get there. Like Monday's first World Junior Championship semifinal, which saw Canada beat Russia for a spot in the gold-medal game, the United States and Finland have a history. Two years ago, the Finns bested the Americans in the gold-medal game when now-Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko netted the go-ahead goal with 1:26 on the clock. Last year, Finland pitched a shutout to send the Americans home in the quarterfinals and dash their hopes of a fifth straight year with a medal. But now it's 2021 and the Americans have broken through. With just 1:16 on the clock — and a smidge over two minutes after the Finns tied the game after trailing 3-1 entering the final frame — Arthur Kaliyev made it a party in the USA with what became the game-winning goal in a 4-3 victory. "Obviously that was probably the craziest period of hockey I've ever played in," said John Farinacci, who scored the United States' second goal. "They're a really good team and we let them get back in the game a little bit with those two goals, but, you know, obviously [Kaliyev and Alex Turcotte, who had the first assist] made a great play at the end there to give us the lead and ultimately the win." I saw him wide open, which usually is never really an option because everyone knows how good of a goal scorer he is," Turcotte said as he described setting up the game-winner. "My eyes lit up and just ripped it to him and he had an unbelievable shot." Kaliyev was one of eight players from last year's U.S. squad to return Bobby Brink, Cole Caufield, Spencer Knight, Alex Turcotte, Dustin Wolf, Cam York and Trevor Zegras are the others. Before the game, head coach Nate Leaman said he thought this group "might have a chip their shoulder." Well, seven of the eight Wolf was the backup goalie played key roles, including Turcotte, who had a goal and the primary apple on Kaliyev's winner; and Zegras and Caufield, who had the helpers on Matthew Boldy's goal that gave the U.S. a 3-1 lead. With his apple, Zegras is now tied for second on USA Hockey's World Juniors all-time lists for assists in a single tournament 10, with Derek Stepan and Phil Kessel; points in a single tournament 16, with Jeremy Roenick and points in a career 25, with Roenick. Zegras also is tied atop the 2021 scoring leaderboard with Canada's Dylan Cozens at 16. "He's very worthy of being the player that's leading the tournament in points. He's earned them," Leaman said postgame. "I think he works hard. I think tomorrow I'm very aware that Canada's going to try to bump him and take him out of his game, but I think he's mature enough to stay in that." In between the pipes was Knight, who was one of three U.S. goalies in 2019 and maybe had a little extra motivation. He was solid, stopping 33 of 36 shots, allowing goals to Kasper Simontaival two and Roni Hirvonen. Simontaival's first goal was off a pretty passing play on the power play that would have been difficult for even the most veteran of netminders to stop and his second was after being left alone by the U.S. defense. With his sixth career win in the World Juniors on Monday night, Knight is now tied with Brian Boucher and Mike Dunham for fourth on USA Hockey's all-time wins list. "It was a good game. A lot of momentum swings, great junior hockey, great tournament," said Leaman. "Finland's knocked USA out of the tournament the past few years. It was a hump we had to get over and really proud of the guys."