| PLAYED AT: Sasktel Centre Date: Nov 6, 2018 GAME NOTES: DAOUST SCORES TWICE, CANADA BEATS SWEDES IN 4 NATIONS OPENER ALI WILSON SASKATOON, Sask. – Mélodie Daoust (Valleyfield, Que./Montreal, CWHL) had two goals and an assist, Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) chipped in with four helpers and Canada’s National Women’s Team downed Sweden 6-1 to kick off the 2018 4 Nations Cup on Tuesday night. Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) added a goal and two assists for the Canadians, who improved to 19-1 all-time against the Swedes at the annual tournament. Laura Stacey (Kleinburg, Ont./Markham, CWHL) started off the scoring with a shorthanded goal nine minutes in off a set-up from Renata Fast (Burlington, Ont./Toronto, CWHL). Daoust scored her first at 14:23 of the opening period before Canadian rookie Sarah Fillier (Georgetown, Ont./Princeton University, ECAC) hammered home her first goal with the senior team with a minute left in the first. The lone goal of the second period came off the stick of Laura Fortino (Hamilton, Ont./Markham, CWHL), who scored from Fast and Johnston on a Canadian power play. The line of Poulin, Daoust and Johnston struck twice more before the third period was seven minutes old; the captain pushed the advantage to 5-0 at 3:48 before Daoust tucked in her second of the game three minutes after that. Sweden finally found the back of the net on a power-play goal by Emma Nordin with 3:09 to go, ending the shutout bid of Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados (Edmonton, Alta./Buffalo, NWHL), who finished with 17 saves. Canada will next get set for a showdown with the United States on Wednesday night (7 p.m. CT) – the first meeting between the rivals since the Olympic gold medal game in February – while Sweden takes on Finland in an all-Nordic match-up (3 p.m. CT). |
Visiting Team: Canada Head Coach: Perry Pearn Assistant Coach: Doug Derraugh Assistant Coach: Caroline Ouellette Assistant Coach: Troy Ryan |
Home Team: Sweden Head Coach: Ylva Martinsen Assistant Coach: Oscar Dahlgren |
| CANADA LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Szabados, Shannon |
| G | 38 | Maschmeyer, Emerance |
| A | 3 | Larocque, Jocelyne |
| 6 | Johnston, Rebecca | |
| 7 | Stacey, Laura | |
| 8 | Fortino, Laura | |
| 10 | Fillier, Sarah | |
| 11 | Saulnier, Jill | |
| 14 | Fast, Renata | |
| A | 15 | Daoust, Melodie |
| 18 | Krzyzaniak, Halli | |
| 20 | Nurse, Sarah | |
| 24 | Spooner, Natalie | |
| 25 | Bourbonnais, Jaime | |
| 28 | Zandee-Hart, Micah | |
| C | 29 | Poulin, Marie-Philip |
| 36 | Gabel, Loren | |
| 45 | Gosling, Katelyn | |
| 47 | Rattray, Jamie Lee | |
| 51 | Bach, Victoria | |
| CANADA PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 29 | 2:00 | Tripping | 8:37 | 1 | 8:37 | 10:37 | |
| 1st | 28 | 2:00 | Holding | 10:18 | 1 | 10:18 | 12:18 | |
| 3rd | 24 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 13:52 | 1 | 13:52 | 15:52 | |
| 3rd | 3 | 2:00 | Holding | 15:04 | 1 | 15:04 | 16:51 | |
| SWEDEN LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Selander, Lovisa |
| G | 35 | Omberg, Maria |
| 2 | Alasalmi, Emmy | |
| 4 | Engström, Sofia | |
| 5 | Fällman, Johanna | |
| A | 6 | Holmgren, Josefine |
| 7 | Waxin, Mina | |
| 9 | Adolfsson, Jessica | |
| 12 | Nylén-Persson, Maja | |
| 14 | Kuller, Sabina | |
| 15 | Johansson, Lisa | |
| 16 | Winberg, Pernilla | |
| 19 | Hjalmarsson, Sara | |
| 20 | Rask, Fanny | |
| 21 | Palm, Isabell | |
| 22 | Ljungblom, Lina | |
| A | 24 | Grahm, Erika |
| 25 | Tedenby, Celine | |
| 26 | Olsson, Hanna | |
| C | 27 | Nordin, Emma |
| 29 | Carlsson, Olivia | |
| SWEDEN PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 2:00 | Too Many Players | 2:26 | 1 | 2:26 | 4:26 | ||
| 2nd | 4 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 2:15 | 1 | 2:15 | 2:50 | |
| 3rd | 9 | 2:00 | Hooking | 14:30 | 14:30 | 16:30 | ||
| 3rd | 4 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 17:48 | 1 | 17:48 | 19:48 | |
