Genoni, the goalie behind Switzerland winning silver medals at the past two IIHF World Championships, was named Most Valuable Player of the 2025 tournament, when he was 5-0-2 with a 0.99 goals-against average, .953 save percentage and four shutouts in seven games.
Antoine Keller made 36 saves for France (0-0-0-1), which has one NHL player on its roster, Montreal Canadiens forward Alexandre Texier. France was 0-for-4 on the power play in its first Olympics since the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
Riat gave Switzerland a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 55 seconds into the game, scoring on a rebound of a shot by Sven Andrighetto.
