🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Rivalry Series, Game 1
Rocket Arena, Cleveland 🇺🇸
Thursday, 06 November 2025

Abbey Murphy scored three times, Taylor Heise had a goal and three assists, and the United States women’s national hockey team defeated Canada 4-1 in Thursday’s opening game of the 2025-26 Rivalry Series.

Sarah Fillier gave Canada a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 9:27 of the first period, but Heise got the equalizer 16 seconds later at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Murphy scored a power-play goal at 8:43 of the second period to put the Americans up 2-1, and she scored again at 17:28 to give the U.S. a 3-1 lead heading into the third period.

Murphy recorded her hat trick with a power-play goal at 1:54 of the third period.

Canadian goalie Eve Gascon stopped 22 of 26 shots, while U.S. netminder Aerin Frankel stopped 26 of 27 shots.

Canada went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Americans were 2-for-5.

Game 2 of the four-game series is Saturday night at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Games 3 and 4 will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton, on 10 December and 13 December, respectively.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:54 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Murphy, checking from behind
09:27 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Fillier (Spooner, Gosling)
09:43 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Heise (Edwards)
11:17 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Poulin, checking from behind
19:56 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Curl, cross checking
19:56 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Stacey, cross checking

2nd Period
28:13 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Primerano, interference
29:14 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Murphy (Heise, Janecke)
30:16 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fillier, interference
37:28 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Murphy (Heise, Keller)
40:00 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fillier, roughing
40:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Barnes, roughing

3rd Period
41:08 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fast, cross checking
41:54 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Murphy (Simms, Heise)
45:34 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Kraemer, roughing
48:56 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Compher, delay of game
53:20 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Dunne, tripping

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Frankel (26-27)
L: 🇨🇦 Gascon (22-26)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 11+11+4 = 26
🇨🇦 9+5+13 = 27

ROSTERS
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel, Gwyneth Philips. Defence: Cayla Barnes, Laila Edwards, Rory Guilday, Caroline Harvey, Megan Keller (A), Emma Peschel, Lee Stecklein, Haley Winn. Forwards: Hannah Bilka, Alex Carpenter (A), Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne, Britta Curl, Joy Dunne, Lacey Eden, Taylor Heise, Tessa Janecke, Hilary Knight (C), Abbey Murphy, Kelly Pannek, Hayley Scamurra, Kirsten Simms, Grace Zumwinkle.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Ève Gascon, Emerance Maschmeyer. Defence: Erin Ambrose, Renata Fast (A), Sophie Jaques, Chloe Primerano, Kati Tabin, Claire Thompson, Micah Zandee-Hart. Forwards: Sarah Fillier, Jennifer Gardiner, Julia Gosling, Caitlin Kraemer, Emma Maltais, Hannah Miller, Kristin O’Neill, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Danielle Serdachny, Natalie Spooner, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull (A), Daryl Watts.

Article Credit: TSN
Photo Credit: Cleveland.com – IIHF – HHOF – IOC