MILAN — Captain Hilary Knight continues scoring and the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team keeps winning.
Knight, the five-time Olympian, scored for the second game in a row to tie the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey record. It was her 14th career goal, tying her with Natalie Darwitz and Katie King.
The goal gave the USA a 4-0 lead, and the Americans won 5-0.
Alex Carpenter opened the scoring for the second game with a row with a power-play goal. Taylor Heise, Megan Keller and Abbey Murphy also scored for the USA, which has outscored Czechia and Finland by a combined 10-1 score.
Keller finished with three points and Murphy, Laila Edwards and Britta Curl each had two points.
Aerin Franklin started in net for the second consecutive game and finished with 11 saves.
Finland, outshot 49-11, couldn’t play its Thursday opening game vs. Canada because of a norovirus outbreak on the team.
The USA will next face Switzerland on Monday, Feb. 9, and then play defending Olympic champion Canada the next day.
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USA improves to 2-0 at the tournament.
Abbey Murphy picks up a rebounds and scores with about four minutes left. She has two points in the game. USA 5, Finland 0
Still 4-0 USA.
USA quickly back on the power play as Noora Tulus is called for hooking. Finland kills the penalty.
Petra Nieminen is called for tripping. USA has two power-play goals so far. Laila Edwards hits the crossbar. Penalty is killed.
4-0 USA.
Hilary Knight, who missed a shift at the end of the first period, came back in the second period and tied the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey scoring record. Her 14th career Olympic goal gave the USA its 4-0 lead. It was the USA’s second power-play goal of the game. Taylor Heise and Megan Keller also scored in the period. Keller has three points and Laila Edwards has two assists for the game. Shots are 36-9 USA through two periods.
Jenni Hiiriskoski is called for tripping. Finland kills it off and gets a shorthanded chance at the end.
Captain Hilary Knight is standing at the side of the net on the power play and beats Sanni Ahola. That’s 14 career Olympic goals for Knight, who tied the U.S. record shared by Natalie Darwitz and Katie King. USA 4, Finland 0
Ronja Savolainen is called for holding.
U.S. defender Megan Keller scored a goal right between Finnish goalkeeper Sanni Ahola’s legs at the 3:37 mark to extend the Americans’ lead. That’s two points for Keller. The score came a little more than a minute after Taylor Heise’s goal. USA 3, Finland 0
The USA breaks down the ice on a 3-on-2. Abbey Murphy feeds Taylor Heise for a goal at 2:31 of the second period. Britta Curl gets the second assist. USA 2, Finland 0
Five-time Olympian Hilary Knight returned to the ice in the opening minute of the second period after going down hard in the first period.
1-0 USA.
Vance is back at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Following Friday’s opening ceremony, where he was booed by a crowd of over 70,000 spectators, Vance and his family took in Team USA’s preliminary matchup against Finland on Saturday. He arrived shortly before the first period ended.
Vance has attended several events while cheering on Team USA for the Winter Olympics in Milan. He attended the team figure skating event on Friday and watched the U.S. women’s hockey team defeat Czechia 5-1 on Thursday.
Earlier Thursday, Vance met with several U.S. Olympians to wish them well despite any political affiliations.
“The whole country — Democrat, Republican, Independent. We’re all rooting for you and cheering for you and know you are all going to make us proud. Thank you all and hope you guys have fun,” Vance said
Finland was able to hang in there, considering that norovirus had gone through the team. But the USA scores the lone goal of the period. Alex Carpenter needed only seven seconds to convert on the USA’s second power play of the game. Shots were 15-4 USA. Hilary Knight went to the bench immediately after tumbling near the blue line.
The U.S. women weren’t able to score on their first power play of the night, but they converted on the second. Alex Carpenter found the back of the net against Finland at the 15:19 mark of the first period, marking her second goal in as many Olympic games. Both came during power plays. Carpenter is up to 10 career Olympic goals in 13 games. Laila Edwards and Megan Keller were credited with the assists as they were on Carpenter’s goal against Czechia. USA 1, Finland 0
Susanna Tapani is called for hooking.
The U.S. women had their first power play after Finland’s Michelle Karvinen was called for holding Abbey Murphy’s stick. However, the Americans weren’t able to take advantage and didn’t convert. Caroline Harvey hit the post.
USA’s Aerin Frankel vs. Finland’s Sanni Ahola in net. It’s the second consecutive start for Frankel.
USA Network will broadcast Saturday’s U.S. women’s hockey Group B matchup against Finland at the Milano Cortina Olympics. Streaming options for the game include NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympic App (with a TV login).
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Puck drop between the U.S. women’s hockey team and Czechia is set for 10:40 a.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 7 from Rho Ice Hockey Arena in Milan.
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Laura Kluge had a goal and three assists and Nicola Hadraschek had two goals and an assist as Germany picked up its first win with a 5-2 victory against Japan on Saturday.
Here is the full U.S. women’s hockey roster for the Milano Cortina Olympics:
The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that a member of the women’s team has tested positive for norovirus. It said the positive test became known after Switzerland played its opener against Czechia on Friday.
“The affected athlete had been staying in a single room since arriving at the Olympic Village on Monday, February 2, 2026, and had been isolated from the team since the onset of symptoms,” the federation said in a statement. “She has been symptom-free since this morning.”
The women’s team skipped the opening ceremony as a precaution. No other Swiss player is showing symptoms, the federation said. Switzerland next plays Saturday against Canada, whose opening game was postponed because of a norovirus outbreak on Team Finland. — Mike Brehm
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