Canada takes lead in Rivalry Sequence with 4-1 win over U.S.

BOISE, Idaho — Jocelyne Larocque scored lower than 4 minutes into the sport, Sarah Nurse added a power-play aim halfway by means of the primary interval and Canada cruised to a 4-1 win over the USA on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead within the five-game Rivalry Sequence.

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Netminder Emerance Maschmeyer made 36 saves for Canada.

Kristin O’Neill scored a power-play aim within the second interval and Emily Clark capped the scoring with 3:55 to play.

Laila Edwards scored a power-play aim for the U.S. to trim the deficit to 3-1 with about six minutes remaining.

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The groups confronted off for the third time — in three totally different cities — in 5 days. The US received the opener 7-2 on Wednesday in San Jose, Calif., and Canada tied the collection Friday with 5-4 shootout victory in Salt Lake Metropolis.

The ultimate two video games will probably be performed in Canada in February.

The 36-year-old Larocque, the oldest participant within the collection this 12 months, cleaned up a scramble in entrance of the web to open the scoring with 16:30 left within the first interval and Canada led the remainder of the way in which.