TeamUSA dominated the shot chart, but the Canadians doubled-up the U.S. women's hockey team where it matters most.
“Shots don’t win games,” Team USA coach Joel Johnson said. “Goals do.
“It’s just numbers,” U.S. forward Hilary Knight said. “You got to put more on net and put yourself in a better position to have Grade-A scoring opportunities and maybe crack that perimeter a little bit better.” Finding different angles and using the flanks, rather than directing the offense from the top of the offensive zone, will be a necessary adjustment if these two teams face each other on Feb. 17 in the gold-medal game – an expected inevitability that has proved true at the last three Winter Olympics.
Canada forward Sarah Nurse has had a front-row seat to Desbiens’ prowess for eight years, dating back to their college days at the University of Wisconsin. Canada scored two goals within 26 seconds not long after, thanks to a pair of defensive breakdowns – one a turnover near the blue line that led to Brianne Jenner’s second goal of the game, the other an inability to clear the zone.
At the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, Canada defeated the U.S. 2-1 in group play before the Americans won in a dramatic shootout to claim their first gold since 1998. And earlier this year, at the 2021 world championships, Canada blasted the U.S. 5-1 in the preliminary round.
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