Ann-Renee Desbiens turned away all 13 shots she saw, and Canada defeated Sweden 3-0 to book a spot in the finals at the Women’s World Championship, where they’ll play archrival USA on Monday.
Sarah Fillier, Sarah Wozniewicz and Emma Maltais scored the goals for Canada in the victory. They outshot Sweden 30-13 for the game.
Maltais provided some insurance in the third period, when she slipped behind the Swedish defence for a breakaway that she deftly chipped home to extend Canada’s lead to 3-0.
After a scoreless first period, Canada finally got the opening marker in the second when Fillier cashed in immediately on a power play.
A Swedish skater was whistled for tripping, and on the ensuing face-off, Fillier collected the puck and went top shelf for the goal.
Canada added another a few minutes later, when Wozniewicz broke loose in the offensive zone and put a beautiful move on Ebba Svensson Traff in the Swedish net before poking the puck home.
Canada will meet the United States in the final for the sixth consecutive year. Of the 24 editions of the tournament, Canada and USA have met in the finals of 23 of them - with Canada winning the battle 13 times.
The United States won last year’s tournament, 4-3, over Canada in overtime in Czechia on Tessa Janecke’s winner. The United States have taken gold in seven of the past 10 tournaments, including a win in 2019 over Finland.