GAMEDAY

Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho), Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.), Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) and Annie Pankowski (Laguna Hills, Calif.) strung together five unanswered goals in the third period to power the U.S. Women’s National Team past Finland, 6-2, in its opening game of the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. Kendall Coyne Schofield (Palos Heights, Ill.) also added a goal in the first period.

Alex Rigsby (Delafield, Wis.) made 21 saves in net to seal the win for Team USA.

The U.S. (1-0-0-0/W-OTW-OTL-L) continues preliminary round play on Saturday (April 6) against Canada at 12:30 p.m. ET. That game, along with every U.S. tournament game, will be televised live in the United States on NHL Network.

Full recap here.