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2022 Winter Olympics: What to watch for as U.S. women's hockey takes on Canada

The most intense and storied rivalry in hockey returns to the ice during tonight's Winter Olympics action (11:10 p.m. ET) when Team USA and Canada face off in their final women's tournament preliminary round game.

Both teams are 3-0 in group play. They have combined to outscore their opponents 47-5. They're on another plane of existence from the rest of international women's hockey, and that's been the case for decades.

Since 1998, when the Olympics began its women's hockey tournament, Canada has won gold four times (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) while the U.