Knight scores in OT as U.S. beats Canada for third straight Rivalry Collection win

Captain Hilary Knight scored the additional time winner as the US ladies’s nationwide hockey staff improved to 3-0 in its Rivalry Collection with a 3-2 win over Canada on Thursday in Kitchener, Ont.

Knight, who additionally produced an help, scored on the ability play with a one-timer previous Canada goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens 28 seconds into the additional interval after Emily Clark took a penalty late within the third.

Taylor Heise and Abbey Murphy assisted on the game-winning aim at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

Murphy and Kirsten Simms additionally scored for the U.S., whereas netminder Aerin Frankel stopped 32 pictures to fend off the Canadians.

Danielle Serdachny and Clark had the targets for Canada, which outshot the People a mixed 26-9 within the second and third intervals. Desbiens completed with 19 saves.

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Hilary Knight lifts U.S. over Canada in OT for third straight Rivalry Collection victory

American captain Hilary Knight scores 28 seconds into additional time as Canada falls to the US 3-2 within the third sport of the 2023-24 Rivalry Collection.

The People received 3-1 in Tempe, Ariz., and 5-2 in Los Angeles final month to open the seven-game sequence.

They’ve now received 4 straight video games over Canada courting again to their 6-3 win within the gold-medal sport of April’s world championships.

The groups subsequent meet in Sarnia, Ont., on Saturday earlier than the sequence shifts to Saskatchewan for video games in Saskatoon and Regina on Feb. 7 and 9. Recreation 7 takes place in St. Paul. Minn., on Feb. 11.

The Rivalry Collection is a lead-up to the world championships, which might be held in Utica, N.Y., from April 3-14.

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