Game Report 1848 Olympic Winter Games - Women
PLAYED AT: Kwandong Hockey Centre
Date: Feb 11, 2018
GAME NOTES: CANADA GETS SHUTOUT WIN IN OLYMPIC OPENER JASON LA ROSE GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) and Mélodie Daoust (Valleyfield, Que./Montreal, CWHL) scored two goals apiece, sending Canada's Women's Olympic Team to a 5-0 win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia in its opening game Sunday at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Johnston added an assist for a three-point performance, while captain Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) chipped in with three helpers in the win. Ann-Renée Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que./University of Wisconsin, WCHA), one of nine Canadians who made their Olympic debuts, stopped all 18 shots she faced to earn the shutout between the pipes. Canada controlled the puck in the first period, holding a 15-5 advantage in shots on goal over the Russians, but couldn't find a way past goaltender Nadezhda Morozova, who kept the game scoreless after 20 minutes. The best chance of the opening period belonged to Jennifer Wakefield (Pickering, Ont./Linköping HC, SWE), who wired a shot off the crossbar behind Morozova with just under eight minutes left in the first. Johnston needed less than two minutes of the second period to open the scoring; Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) poked the puck into the slot, where Johnston beat Morozova just inside the post. Haley Irwin (Thunder Bay, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) doubled the lead at 4:13, getting her stick on a Johnston shot for a power-play goal, and Daoust converted a pretty pass from Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.) late in the middle frame to make it a 3-0 game. The Canadians came out firing in the third period, racking up half of their 48 shots on goal in the final stanza. Johnston added her second goal of the game on the power play at 8:41, absolutely roofing a short-side shot past Morozova, and Daoust poked in a Poulin rebound just over two minutes later to cap the scoring. The victory runs Canada's Olympic winning streak to 21; it has not lost on the biggest stage in sports since the gold medal game at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. It will look to make it 22 on Tuesday when it faces off against Finland (2:30 a.m. ET/11:30 p.m. PT) in the second of three preliminary-round games at the Kwandong Hockey Centre.
Visiting Team: Olympic Athletes from Russia
Home Team: Canada
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Aleksandrova, Nadezhda
G92  Morozova, Nadezhda
  Goncharenko, Angelina
 10  Belyakova, Lyudmila
 11  Ganeyeva, Liana
 12  Lovova, Yekaterina
 13  Pirogova, Nina
 15  Pavlova, Valeria
 17  Kadirova, Fanuza
 18  Sosina, Olga
 22  Batalova, Maria
 27  Chistyakova, Anastasia
 28  Kanayeva, Diana
 34  Tkachyova, Svetlana
 44  Starovoitova, Alyona
 59  Dergachyova, Yelena
 68  Shtaryova, Alevtina
 73  Kulishova, Viktoria
 76  Nikolayeva, Yekaterina
 88  Smolina, Yekaterina
 94  Dyupina, Evgenia
 97  Shokhina, Anna
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st2:00 Cross-Checking 1:091 1:093:09
1st10 2:00 Tripping 11:001 11:0013:00
2nd12 2:00 Body-Checking 4:051 4:054:13
2nd13 2:00 Body-Checking 9:251 9:2511:25
2nd17 2:00 Holding 19:541 19:541:54
3rd22 2:00 Cross-Checking 7:071 7:078:41
3rd2:00 Delay of Game 8:171 8:1710:17
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G Szabados, Shannon
G35  Desbiens, Ann-Renée
  Agosta, Meghan
  Larocque, Jocelyne
  Lacquette, Brigette
  Rougeau, Lauriane
  Johnston, Rebecca
  Stacey, Laura
  Fortino, Laura
  Wakefield, Jennifer
 11  Saulnier, Jill
 12  Mikkelson, Meaghan
 14  Fast, Renata
 15  Daoust, Melodie
 17  Bram, Bailey
 19  Jenner, Brianne
 20  Nurse, Sarah
 21  Irwin, Haley
 24  Spooner, Natalie
 26  Clark, Emily
 29  Poulin, Marie-Philip
 40  Turnbull, Blayre
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd2:00 Body-Checking 16:581 16:5818:58
3rd20 2:00 Tripping 2:441 2:444:44
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA Goals OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
                
                
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd1:55  6-19-11            
2nd4:13 PP 21-6            
2nd15:58  15-2-29            
3rd8:41 PP 6-4-29            
3rd10:44  15-29            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 0 / 2
CANADA 2 / 7
PENALTY SUMMARY
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 14 min / 7 inf
CANADA 4 min / 2 inf
POINT SUMMARY
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 0 G + A = 0 Pts
CANADA 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA0000
CANADA0325
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
OAR - Morozova (50:44) (L)1561233/0:003rd/10:44
OAR - Aleksandrova (9:16) 001010/10:443rd/20:00
CAN - Desbiens (60:00) (W)57618/0:003rd/20:00
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This report has been checked and verified against the Official Olympic Winter Games - Women Game Report.

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