The U.S. heavily outplayed Switzerland in the night cap, while Sweden and Czechia also came out victorious.
The 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championships began on Wednesday, with a couple of group favorites starting the round-robin on the right foot.Thanks to a strong goaltending performance, the host nation only ended up winning by a few goals, as the United States came away with a 3-0 win over Switzerland.
With only a small lead, the United States kept their foot on the gas in the third. Captain Hilary Knight tipped in a Cayla Barnes point shot for a power-play goal, with Winn notching her second of the game to cap off the night later on in the frame. Aerin Frankel was forced to make a couple of key saves in the first period on Switzerland captain Lara Stalder, which would have given the game a much different feel. The PWHL Boston netminder only had to make 11 saves in the shutout.The U.S. has Thursday off before hosting Czechia on Friday. The Swiss are also back in action on Friday, taking on Canada.
Klara Hymlarova gets a backhand goal off of her own rebound 👏 Czechia is up 0-2 at the end of the second period.The third period saw Czechia sit back, which gave Finland some room to generate some offense. However, Klara Peslarova did not allow Suomi to stage a comeback by stopping all 10 shots she faced and ended up turning away 21 in the game.The Czechs proved they have considerably more depth than the Finns, and are looking like an early threat for another medal.
In the opening 20 minutes, Denmark played very responsibly in its own zone. The defense clogged up the slot, not allowing Sweden too many grade-A chances. Emma-Sofie Nordstrom was named player of the game for Denmark. The St. Lawrence netminder did everything she could to give her team a chance, stopping 36 of the 39 shots she faced.
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