KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) β Hilary Knight, Emily Pfalzer and Brianna Decker scored and the U.S. women’s hockey team beat Sweden 3-0 on Friday to advance to the Four Nations Cup final against Canada.
Brianne McLaughlin-Bittle made 11 saves for the Americans, coming off a 3-2 loss to Canada on Wednesday night. Canada faced Finland on Friday night in the round-robin finale.
The championship game is Saturday night.
Knight opened the scoring in the first period, and Pfalzer and Decker added second-period goals. Pfalzer scored on a power play, and Decker had a short-handed goal.
The United States finished round-robin play 2-1, also beating Finland on Tuesday night.
Sweden will play Finland in the third-place game.
