BUFFALO, N.Y. – Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho/Seattle Torrent) tallied a hat trick while Laila Edwards (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/University of Wisconsin) recorded a goal and two assists to help lift the U.S. Women’s National Team to a 6-1 victory over Canada at the KeyBank Center in the second tilt of the 2025 Rivalry Series, Presented by Discover.
“We’re excited to pick up another win on home soil,” said John Wroblewski (Neenah, Wis.), head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team. “We saw a lot of great production between Hilary Knight’s hat trick and a strong showing from Laila Edwards, anchored by a strong performance in net. We look forward to building off these two games in December and beyond.”
U.S. netminder Gwyneth Philips (Athens, Ohio/Ottawa Charge) stood tall with eight saves in the first frame, including a stellar stop on Canada’s Renata Fast with less than a minute remaining.
Philips came up large to deny a power-play chance with 13:25 to play in the second frame, as she slid across to deny Claire Thompson after a cross-ice pass.
Knight broke the scoreless tie at 9:27 on the power play, cashing in on a rebound opportunity following a shot from Megan Keller (Farmington Hills, Mich./Boston Fleet).
The U.S. extended its lead to two at 10:31, as Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./University of Minnesota) forced a turnover behind the Canadian net and sent a centering feed to Kelly Pannek (Plymouth, Minn./Minnesota Frost) who fired one home.
Canada cut the lead to one at 11:23 on a Marie-Philip Poulin one-timer from the top of the left circle.
Philips maintained the one-goal lead for the U.S., making a point-blank save on a one-timer from Poulin with just under 17 minutes to go in the third. She finished the contest with 29 saves.
Edwards gave Team USA a two-goal advantage at 7:56, as she rifled a wrister from just outside the slot past Canadian netminder Kayle Osborne’s blocker.
Knight added her second power-play tally of the contest with 10:41 remaining, tapping in a backdoor feed from Hannah Bilka (Coppell, Texas/Seattle Torrent).
Hayley Scamurra (Buffalo, N.Y./Montreal Victoire) extended the lead to four just 1:33 later, as she wristed a shot home after a drop pass from Taylor Heise (Lake City, Minn./Minnesota Frost).
Knight completed a hat trick, scoring an empty netter with 1:27 remaining to account for the 6-1 final.
The 2025 Rivalry Series, Presented by Discover, which the U.S. leads, 2-0 (W-L), concludes with a pair of games Dec. 10 and 13 in Edmonton, Alberta. Both games can be watched live on NHL Network.
NOTES: Team USA outshot Canada, 32-30 … The U.S. went 2-4 on the power play while Canada was 1-3.
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