The U.S. women’s national hockey team defeated Canada, 4-1, on Saturday night at Rogers Place in Edmonton, to sweep the 2025 Rivalry Series, something neither team has done in the tournament’s six-year history.
Caroline Harvey opened scoring for Team USA in the second quarter. Team Canada immediately responded with a goal by Brianne Jenner, but the U.S. women rattled off three unanswered goals — Laila Edwards (12:31, 2nd) and Hilary Knight (1:37 and 8:31, 3rd) — to win Game 4 and sweep the series.
The Americans outscored the Canadians 24-7 in the Rivalry Series. The U.S. women had 13 different players score across the four games. Knight and Abbey Murphy lead all scorers with five goals, while Taylor Heise had eight assists.
Next up, the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, where the USA and Canada will likely meet again in the gold-medal game. This is the final game for both teams before the Olympic squads are chosen.
USA TODAY Sports provided live updates and highlights for the fourth and final Rivalry Series game between the U.S. women and Canada:
USA extends lead to 4-1 vs. Canada
Hilary Knight sealed the deal with an empty-net goal at the 1:37 mark.
USA on power play
Things are starting to get chippy between the rivals. Canada’s Laura Stacey was penalized two minutes for boarding at the 5:08 mark and set up USA’s fourth power play of the night. Just like the first three, the Americans weren’t able to capitalize.
USA scores; up 3-1 vs. Canada
Hilary Knight gave the USA some insurance with a goal at the 8:31 mark to go up 3-1.
Canada kills off the penalty
Canada’s Sarah Fillier was called for hooking less than four minutes into the period and received two minutes in the penalty box. USA earned a power play but wasn’t been able to capitalize. The Americans are 0-for-3 on power plays on the night.
Third period underway
There’s chaos to start the third period. American Kendall Coyne-Schofield nearly scored, but she hit the post.
End of second: USA 2, Canada 1
USA has a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes of play and has outshot Canada 24-20 through the first two periods. Caroline Harvey got the Americans on the board first with 14:47 remaining. Canada’s sole goal came from Jennifer Gardiner one minute later at 13:47. Laila Edwards gave USA the lead at the 12:31 mark.
USA leads Canada 2-1
The U.S. women are back in the lead with 12:31 remaining following a goal from Laila Edwards, who connected on a far-side pass from Taylor Heise off the faceoff. It was Edwards’ second goal of the Rivalry Series.
Canada ties it up
Canada answered back one minute later. Brianne Jenner scored to tie it at 1 with 13:47 left off an assist from Jennifer Gardiner. It marked Jenner’s 50th career goal with Canada’s national women’s hockey team.
USA scores off deflection
Team USA is on the board first. Caroline Harvey scored the first goal of the match off a deflection from Canada’ Chloe Primerano with 14:47 remaining in the second period. USA’s Cayla Barnes and Taylor Heise were credited with an assist.
Second period underway
We’re scoreless after the first period. The Canadians started the period on a power play to but USA killed it off.
End of first: USA 0, Canada 0
USA goalkeeper Aerin Frankel has been impenetrable so far. Canada recorded 12 shots on goal in the first period, but none got past Frankel. The U.S. women have managed six shots on goal so far, a stark contrast to the four goals scored against Canada in the opening period of Wednesday’s rout.
‘I think it’s a good start,’ Canadian Laura Stacey said after the first 20 minutes. ‘Obviously, we weren’t really satisfied with the way the last game turned out. It was important for us to regroup here as a team, stay connected and believe in ourselves. I think that first period showed exactly that.’
Canada killed two American power plays and will start the second period with the advantage.
Canada on power play
American Taylor Heise was called for goalkeeper interference after making contact with Canada’s Ann-Renee Desbiens with 41.8 seconds remaining in the first period. Heise appeared to be unhappy with the referee as she skated to the penalty box. Canada is on the power play for the first time in the game.
USA on power play
It wasn’t long before the Americans were back on the power play. Canada’s Sarah Fillier was called for slashing at the 14:11 mark and earned two minutes in the penalty box. However, Canada killed it off yet again.
Canada kills off penalty
Canada may have been shorthanded with Poulin in the penalty box, but the Canadians nearly scored on USA’s power play. Laura Stacey tried to squeeze the puck past USA’s Aerin Frankel for the first goal of the night. Canada only allowed one shot from the USA on the power play.
USA on power play
The first penalty of the night goes to Canada. Marie-Philip Poulin was called for an illegal check to the head of USA’s Abbey Murphy with 8:54 remaining in the first period. Murphy appeared to retaliate against Poulin after the contact, but wasn’t called for a penalty.
Canada taking shots early vs. USA
We are scoreless with 10:31 remaining in the first period. Canada came out aggressive and put up six shots on goal in the first 10 minutes, compared to one from USA. Goals have been hard to come by for the Canadians, who have only scored six goals through three games.
Game underway
USA leads 3-0 in the series.
What time is USA vs Canada Rivalry Series game?
The USA and Canada will play the fourth and final game of this year’s Rivalry Series at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 13 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
What channel is USA vs Canada Rivalry Series game?
The game will be shown on NHL Network.
2025 Rivalry Series stats: USA vs. Canada
The U.S. women have dominated Canada in the first three games of the Rivalry Series:
Goaltending matchup
USA’s Aerin Frankel vs. Canada’s Ann-Renee Desbiens.
Team USA’s top line remains same
Tessa Janecke, Alex Carpenter and Hilary Knight are the forwards on the No. 1 line for Saturday’s matchup, marking the same U.S. top line as the previous three Rivalry Series games. U.S. women’s head coach John Wroblewski has been experimenting with different forward combinations on the second line, but will go with the trio of Hannah Bilka, Taylor Heise and Abbey Murphy for the second consecutive game.
Team USA women’s hockey lines
Canada women’s hockey lines
When is Rivalry Series game? How to watch, TV channel
- Date: Dec. 13, 2025
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- Location: Rogers Place (Edmonton, Alberta)
- TV: NHL Network
- Streaming: Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Watch US women’s hockey vs. Canada on Fubo
What happened in Game 1 of the Rivalry Series?
Abbey Murphy went off, scoring a hat trick to put the Canadians on their heels in the 4-1 win. Taylor Heise assisted on all three of Murphy’s goals and also had a goal of her own.
What happened in Game 2 of the Rivalry Series?
This time it was veteran captain Hilary Knight’s turn for a hat trick as the Americans won 6-1. Kelly Panek, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra also scored for the U.S. women, who broke the game open with four goals in the final period.
What happened in Game 3 of the Rivalry Series?
It was a goal-a-palooza, the 10 goals from the Americans the most ever scored by either team against the other. After Canada struck first in the first period, the U.S. women responded with five unanswered goals. The Canadians scored three times in the second period to make it close, only to have the Americans score four in the final period.
Abbey Murphy and Kelly Panek each had two, and Tessa Janecke, Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne-Schofield, Britta Curl-Salemme, Alex Carpenter and Kirsten Simms had one each.
Why is the US-Canada rivalry so heated?
The U.S. women and Canada have dominated the women’s game and, as of right now, are really the only real competition for the other.
They are the only teams to have won the Olympics or the world championships, and they’ve played each other in all but two of the gold-medal games. (Sweden beat the U.S. in the semifinals of the 2006 Olympics in Turin and Finland beat Canada in the semifinals of the 2019 worlds.) Canada has won 13 of the 25 world championships and five of the seven Olympic gold medals.
But the U.S. currently has momentum, winning two of the last three world titles, including an overtime thriller in the spring.
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