Overview
- Kelly Pannek, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra also scored for the United States, and goalie Gwyneth Philips made 29 saves in Buffalo.
- The series opened with a 4-1 U.S. win in Cleveland, where Abbey Murphy recorded a power-play hat trick.
- Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin scored, and Kayle Osborne made 26 saves in her national-team debut as coach Troy Ryan used a younger lineup and rested veterans including Ann-Renee Desbiens.
- The four-game slate resumes Dec. 10 and Dec. 13 in Edmonton after players return to college teams or report to PWHL training camps.
- Both staffs are treating the Rivalry Series as a live Olympic evaluation, with the U.S. now on a four-game win streak over Canada that includes April’s world championship overtime victory.