BEIJING— Both the Canadian and the United States' women's teams won their games on Saturday at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Canada recorded another double-digit win at 11-1 while USA came out on top with a 5-0 shutout.
Canada faced Finland in the first game of the day. Sarah Nurse, the only player in Wisconsin history to record a hat trick against Minnesota, recorded a hat trick against the Fins to help Canada to an 11-1 win.
Emily Clark put up an assist on the final goal of the game. Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens made 28 stops and allowed just one goal.
Canada will play the Russian Olympic Committee Sunday night at 10:10 p.m. CT.
Team USA faced the Russian Olympic Committee in the last game on Saturday in Beijing. The Americans took the Russians down 5-2.
Hilary Knight shined in the game, scoring two points with a goal and an assist.
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The U.S will face Switzerland at 7:10 a.m. CT on Sunday.
Canada and the U.S. will then face each other at 10:10 p.m. CT on Monday to close out the preliminary round. All three games will be on USA Network.