Five different Americans scored as Canada gave up five unanswered goals in the second half of the game to lose 5-2. Canada now falls to second place in Group A at the IIHF Women’s World Championships as the knockout stage gets set to begin.
Sarah Fillier and Ella Shelton scored in the first period for Canada, but that was all they could muster as Emerance Maschmeyer allowed four goals on 33 shots in the loss. Team USA got goals from Megan Keller, Kelly Pannek, Lacey Eden, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and an empty netter from Hilary Knight as their goalie Nicole Hensley stopped 26 of 28 shots.