Canada's Blayre Turnbull and Finland's Viivi Vainikka battle for the puck during second period hockey action at the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship in Utica, N.Y. Canada won 4-1 on April 4, 2024.Defender Ella Shelton led Canada with a goal and two assists. Brianne Jenner, Emma Maltais and Julia Gosling also scored at the Adirondack Back Center.Petra Nieminen scored Finland’s lone goal.
Captain Marie-Philip Poulin was in Canada’s lineup Thursday after sitting out an 8-2 pretournament win over Finland in Kingston. Canada had 18 hours to recover before the puck dropped on its second game of the tournament Friday afternoon against Switzerland .The Canadians were scoreless on a pair of power-play chances in the first period and held Finland to 0-for-3 in the second.
The Finns halved the deficit at 4:49. Michelle Karvinen collected her own rebound and took the puck behind the net to feed Nieminen at the side.