The 10 best single-game performances from the 2024 World Juniors preliminary round

The 2024 World Juniors has been filled with drama. 

Finland, who lost to Germany for the first time, snapped Sweden's three-game shutout streak and won. Germany got trounced by Latvia, but turned around and matched Canada for over 40 minutes. Norway gave the high-powered Team USA a scare.

This has also been a tournament of many, many standout individual performances. It hasn't been a tournament defined by a couple of stars, but one defined by many. 

So, let's look at the top performances from some of the stars of the tournament so far. The data used in this article has been tracked by Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen and only accounts for 5-on-5 play.

Macklin Celebrini, C, Canada (2024 NHL Draft)

Dec. 31 vs. Germany

Key metrics:

• 2 goals
• 6 scoring chances
• 2 scoring chance assists
• 9 controlled entries
• 3 re