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Canada had been hoping to get the bye into the quarter-finals by winning their pool. However, it was team USA that accomplished this and Canada will have to take a longer, tougher route to capture their goal of a gold medal in Vancouver. The first step will be getting past Germany tonight.

Germany have had a tough time putting the puck in the net so far this tournament. They were shutout in their first two games, but did play well defensively against Sweden, losing just 2-0. The loss to Finland was more lopsided with the final mark being 5-0. Their third game of qualifying was a loss to Team Belarus 5-3. It was Germany that outshot Belarus 40-17 in that game.

Canada have reached this situation with a pair of wins. The first was an 8-0 blowout over Norway, while the second was a 3-2 shootout win over Switzerland. Their final game of the preliminary round was, of course, the 5-3 loss to the United States.

Looking ahead to tonight's game, Canada is a huge favorite. The best that you can do if you want to back Canada is to get them for 1.02 (-5000) on the money line. You can back them for a bit higher if you want to bet on Canada to win in regulation time. In that market, Canada can be backed for 1.04 (-2500).

I would advise you to stay away from these two bets or even lay Canada here. The bet that I like is backing the Germans +4.5 goals. I think that Germany will play well defensively and hold this game to under a five goal differential. You can back Germany in this market for even money 2.0 (evens). I think that this bet has a greater than 50% chance of coming in.