Captain Hilary Knight keeps scoring, and Team USA keeps stacking wins.
The U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team stayed perfect in group play Saturday with a 5–0 shutout of Finland, powered by two more special-teams goals, a massive shot advantage, and another milestone moment from its longtime leader.
Knight, a five-time Olympian, scored for the second straight game to tie the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey record with her 14th career Olympic goal, matching Natalie Darwitz and Katie King. Her power-play finish made it 4–0, and the Americans closed out the win with a late even-strength goal.
The United States has now outscored Czechia and Finland 9–1 through two games.
How it happened
First period: Carpenter opens the scoring again
For the second game in a row, Alex Carpenter got Team USA on the board first.
At 15:19, Carpenter scored a power-play goal off assists from Laila Edwards and Megan Keller to put the U.S. up 1–0.
Second period: Three-goal surge
Team USA blew the game open in the second with three goals in a span of under seven minutes.
- 22:31: Taylor Heise scored at even strength, assisted by Abbey Murphy and Britta Curl, making it 2–0.
- 23:37: Megan Keller added an even-strength goal to extend the lead to 3–0.
- 29:17: Hilary Knight converted on the power play, assisted by Edwards and Keller, pushing the margin to 4–0.
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Third period: Murphy adds the finish
At 55:56, Abbey Murphy scored at even strength off assists from Curl and Caroline Harvey to seal the 5–0 final.
Key stats
- Shots on goal: USA 49, Finland 11
- Saves: USA 11, Finland 44
- Penalty minutes: USA 0, Finland 12
- Time on power play: USA 9:00, Finland 0:00
- Power-play goals: USA 2, Finland 0
Key performers
- Hilary Knight: power-play goal (14th career Olympic goal)
- Alex Carpenter: power-play goal
- Taylor Heise: goal
- Megan Keller: goal, 2 assists (3 points)
- Abbey Murphy: goal, assist (2 points)
- Laila Edwards: 2 assists (2 points)
- Britta Curl: 2 assists (2 points)
- Aerin Frankel: 11 saves, shutout
Notes
Finland was heavily outshot (49–11) and entered the matchup after having its Thursday opener vs. Canada impacted by a norovirus outbreak within the team.
Final
United States 5, Finland 0
Up next
Team USA continues group play:
- vs. Switzerland — Monday, Feb. 9
- vs. Canada — Tuesday, Feb. 10
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