U.S. and two future Rangers suffer first loss at World Junior Hockey Championship

OTTAWA, Ontario — The defending champion Americans lost for the first time in three games. Despite scoring two goals, the United States dropped a 4-3 decision to Finland in overtime

“We need more consistency up and down the lineup and I shared that with the team after the game,” said David Carle, head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team. “I was proud of the comeback in the third, and particularly our penalty kill. We’ll continue to work on coming together as a group and I have confidence in our guys that we can get to where we need to be.”

"Both teams had a lot of chances, but I think for us, it's getting a little bit more consistent in how we want to play. A lot more consistence throughout our lineup and how we want to play," Carle went on to say. "I felt like we were chasing the game a little bit."

Rangers prospect Gabe Perreault was previously named the Player of the Game following the United States' 10-4 victory over Germany at the World Junior Championship on Thursday in U.S.'s first game.Drew Fortescue also joined the other future Blueshirt on the U.S. roster — playing 18:48 and was plus-3, helping the U.S. defeat Germany for the 14th time in their past 15 meetings at the WJC in USA's first game.

In Group B at TD Place, Tom Willander had two goals and an assist and Sweden defeated Switzerland 7-5 to improve to 3-0 and wrap up a quarterfinal spot.

Team USA's full schedule for World Juniors can be found here. U.S. turns its attention to the red, white and blue's last game of the preliminary round — where they will face off against the ever-awaited matchup against Canada.

"Everyone's going to be really frustrated within themselves and with the outcome today," Team USA captain Ryan Leonard told NHL.com after the loss. "Ultimately, we're playing for that first-place spot against Canada. It's not out of the picture yet but we all got to be ready to go."