Final, Canada 8-2: Canada's quest for the gold lives for another day, as it draws the honor of facing off against Russia on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The Canadians rebounded from another slow start, entering the first intermission with a 1-0 lead before exploding for seven goals over the final 40 minutes.
Germany scored at the very end of the second and third periods and managed to muster just 22 shots opposite Canada's 39.
Scoring for the Canadians were Jarome Iginla (2), Shea Weber, Joe Thornton, Sidney Crosby, Mike Richards, Scott Niedermeyer and Rick Nash. Eric Staal tallied a team-high three points with three assists.
Marcel Goc and Manuel Klinge scored for Germany.
Roberto Luongo finished the night with 21 saves on 23 shots, while Thomas Greiss saved 31 of 39 shots.
Third period, 1:30, Canada 8-2: Germany tries to save face, as Manuel Klinge tallies his first goal of the tournament after picking off the puck from Patrice Bergeron.
Third period, 3:26, Canada 8-1: Good to know the Canadians aren't letting up in terms of intensity, here.
Rick Nash picks the puck up off the boards and snaps a wrister past Thomas Greiss. It's his first goal of the tournament.
This is the second time in four games Canada has tallied eight goals.
Third period, 8:36, 7-1 Canada: And Niedermeyer victimizes Germany as he's coming out of the box, breaking away down the left side and scoring firing past Thomas Greiss.
Greiss now has just 24 saves on 31 shots.
Third period, 10:20, Canada 6-1: Germany is on the power play, as Scott Niedermeyer is in the box for hooking.
Third period, 11:15, Canada 6-1: Canada is now outshooting Germany 30-19.
Third period, 12:35, Canada 6-1: There's that sixth goal. After Jonathan Toews wins a battle against the boards behind the net, he finds Brenden Morrow, who whips the puck back out front for Mike Richards to drive it home.
That was Canada's 71st attempted shot of the game.
Third period, 15:53, Canada 5-1: Rick Nash tees one up from the slot and it goes wide left, but had it been on target, it would be 6-1 Canada right now.
Third period, 18:08, Canada 5-1: Eric Staal makes a perfect pass to Sidney Crosby, who's hanging out in front of the crease and easily slips a one-timer past Thomas Greiss. It is possible that any momentum the Germans built with that second-period goal is effectively gone.
End of second period, Canada 4-1: Germany maintains some dignity, managing to get on the board for the first time tonight with less than three minutes remaining in the frame. Marcel Goc lit the lamp for the Germans.
It may be too little, too late, though, as the Germans allowed three more goals this period, one on a Shea Weber shot that went airborne through the net and two by Jarome Iginla.
The shot advantage was nearly even this period, with Canada edging Germany 11-10, so that has to be a good sign, considering the lopsidedness of the first period.
Roberto Luongo has 13 saves on 14 shots, while Thomas Greiss has 21 saves on 25 shots.
Second period, 2:58, Canada 4-1: Marcel Goc saves Germany from its third shutout in four games. Roberto Luongo is caught out of position on the initial Chris Schmidt shot, and Goc brings it in back of the net and dumps in the wraparound.
Second period, 4:48, Canada 4-0: Luongo quickly stuffs another shot, this one from just inside the blue line, and this is probably the most offensive pressure Germany has put on Canada all evening.
Second period, 5:29, Canada 4-0: Germany's John Tripp gets a great chance from the left circle, but Roberto Luongo gets a piece of it to deflect it.
Second period, 7:04, Canada 4-0: Canada is now outshooting Germany 22-8.
Second period, 8:21, Canada 4-0: The crowd is going nuts as Rick Nash is awarded a penalty shot after getting hooked on a shot on net.
In international play, the team gets to choose its shooter, and Sidney Crosby is the lucky recipient.
Crosby goes for a backhand on the stick-side and Thomas Greiss makes the save.
Second period, 10:00, Canada 4-0: Speaking of flailing. Sidney Crosby drives to the net, opening up the passing lane and finding Eric Staal in the right circle, and he fires to Jarome Iginla, who flicks the wrister past Greiss for his second goal of the night.
Second period, 11:10, Canada 3-0: A streaking Korbinian Holzer tries to find Marco Sturm across the crease but his pass sails wide with about 1:15 left in the man advantage. With 30 seconds left, Rick Nash snags the puck and takes it all the way up the ice, firing a shot from the left circle. Greiss makes the glove save.
That's two huge penalty kills for Canada and Germany really seems to be flailing now.
Second period, 13:44, Canada 3-0: The penalty is successfully killed off — a momentum boost for Canada, though it's doubtful it needs it.
Immediately afterward, Scott Niedermayer is whistled for tripping.
Canada's only taken five shots this period and two of them have gone for goals. Germany has taken two.
Second period, 15:31, Canada 3-0: Now it's Germany's turn on the power play, as Dany Heatley heads into the box for cross-checking.
Second period, 16:21, Canada 3-0: This is spiraling downhill fast for Germany. Moments after Dennis Seidenberg goes into the box for slashing, Eric Staal tries to find Drew Doughty right outside the crease, but Jarome Iginla swoops in and drives the puck past Thomas Greiss.
Doubtful that Marco Sturm is still jolly.
Second period, 17:26, Canada 2-0: Shea Weber fires a laser in from the blue line, and it goes airborne, appearing to sail wide of the net — although it looks like there's a chance that the puck went through the net and past Thomas Greiss. It's ruled a miss until a stoppage in play, and upon further review, it becomes a goal. There's a nice black smudge on the net to prove it.
The clock goes back to the point in which the shot was fired and Canada gets itself a two-goal lead.
Mike Richards assisted on the play.
Second period, 19:31, Canada 1-0: During the first intermission, Marco Sturm gave one of the jolliest losing-team interviews in history of hockey. He didn't seem too concerned with the fact that the Germans are getting outplayed in all phases of the game, instead saying that if his team can turn up the heat a tiny bit, it'll be able to stay in this game. It's only 1-0, after all.
Sturm has zero shots so far tonight and one point during the Olympics.
End of first period, Canada 1-0: The mantra for Germany right now seems to be, "Keep it close," and objectively, it seems like the Germans are doing just that. But never has a one-goal deficit looked so large.
The Canadians outshot Germany 14-4 in the first period, and the puck has barely been acquainted with Germany's offensive zone. Goaltender Thomas Greiss certainly hasn't had an easy going of it so far, but he's keeping his squad in the game, making 13 saves.
Scoring for the Canadians was Joe Thornton, assisted by Dany Heatley and Keith Duncan.
First period, 5:20, Canada 1-0: Coming off a faceoff, Sidney Crosby fires right on Thomas Greiss and Greiss deflects it with the pads.
Canada is winning the faceoff battle 15-1.
Germany seems to be drowning and the first period isn't even over. Its offense is just nonexistent and the only reason it is still in this one is because of Thomas Greiss, who's been almost superhuman.
First period, 7:09, Canada 1-0: Canada is outshooting Germany 9-1. In terms of shots attempted, Canada wins that battle, too, 22-2.
And as soon as I type that, Roberto Luongo makes his second save of the evening.
First period, 9:47, Canada 1-0: The illustrious Joe Thornton strikes.
Duncan Keith fires in from the blue line and Dany Heatley takes the rebound, brings it around the net and finds Joe Thornton, who sneaks the puck past Thomas Greiss.
It is Thornton's second goal of the tournament.
First period, 11:16: Germany has yet to get off a shot on goal. The struggles to light the lamp continue for this tournament's lowest-scoring team.
First period, 12:12: The Canadians are dominating on faceoffs right now, a perfect 8-for-8.
First period, 12:12: Thomas Greiss makes two saves in quick succession on shots by his NHL teammates, Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton. Canada got plenty of scoring chances during the power play, including a rifling shot from the blue line by Shea Weber that went wide left.
And Germany is in the clear. Canada gets off three total shots during the power play.
First period, 14:22: Chris Schmidt is headed in the box for nailing Eric Staal from behind. Staal, upon intense review, is not bleeding — he's just got a cut on his face from a prior hit during the tournament.
First period, 15:23: We're underway in the first period. Canada has gotten off 11 shots thus far and three have gone on-net. Two of them came from Scott Neidermayer — one of them off a faceoff that was ricocheted away by a German defender.
5:33 p.m.: Sixth-seeded Canada will try to rebound from its shocking defeat at the hands of the USA as it faces off against Germany on Tuesday night in Vancouver.
The hosts — and supposed favorites to win the gold — seem to be on a downward trend as of late, opening up Olympic play with a dominant 8-0 win over Norway before barely scraping by Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout and finally falling to the U.S. 5-3 on Sunday night. Now, in order to win the gold, Canada will need to win four games in six days, starting with Tuesday's playoff qualification game against 11th-seeded Germany.
The Canucks' Roberto Luongo will get the start in net in lieu of Martin Brodeur. Luongo last played on Tuesday against Norway, stopping 15 shots.
The Germans were shutout by Sweden and Finland last week and lost 5-3 to Belarus on Saturday. The Sharks' Thomas Greiss will be between the pipes for Germany.
Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
