Eden continued to pour on the offense, as she beat Campbell on a sharp-angle shot to extend the lead to 4-0 with 2:01 left in the frame. Casey O’Brien (Aquinnah, Mass.) and Keller added helpers to Eden’s second of the night.
Team USA continued to keep the pressure on its opponents with its overwhelming offensive-zone presence, adding one final goal with 25 seconds remaining in the first. Carpenter powered a backhand shot past Campbell to lift the U.S. to a commanding 5-0 lead. Carpenter’s goal was assisted by Kirsten Simms (Plymouth, Mich.) and Kendall Coyne Schofield (Palos Heights, Ill.).
The U.S. made the most of an early second period power play, as the home team displayed stellar puck movement off the faceoff. A series of six passes was capped off with a goal by Hannah Bilka (Coppell, Texas), assisted by Carpenter and Edwards. The power-play tally gave the U.S. a 6-0 lead just 3:17 into the frame.
Canada found its first goal of the night with 3:12 left in the second, as Laura Stacey found Blayre Turnbull in the slot, who fired a one-timer past Frankel to cut the U.S. advantage to five goals.
Sarah Nurse trimmed Canada’s deficit to four, as she found the back of the net on a power play with 1:40 left in the period. Team USA carried a 6-2 lead into the third.
Murphy added her second goal of the contest, as she scored off a feed from Janecke to give the U.S. a 7-2 lead. Joy Dunne (O’Fallon, Mo.) added an assist on the play with 18:30 remaining in regulation.
Frankel capped off a successful contest for Team USA with a series of stellar saves in the dying seconds of the game to preserve the five-goal victory.
The Rivalry Series, presented by Discover, will continue Friday (Nov. 8), when the U.S. takes on Canada at Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. MT (9 p.m. ET) on NHL Network and tickets are available here. Team USA will take on Canada again on Sunday (Nov. 10) in Boise, Idaho. Sunday’s game will be broadcast on NHL Network with puck drop set for 5 p.m. MT (7 p.m. ET).
NOTES: Team USA was 1-3 on the power play, while Canada was 1-6 … The U.S. outshot Canada, 29-28.
