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How important will scoring contributions from Canada's defence be?

Canada scored nine goals in a rout against Japan on Sunday, and got four of them from defencemen. Laura Diakun is joined by TSN Hockey analyst Sami Jo Small to discuss the importance of getting offensive production from the backend, and more after Canada's win.


Women's Worlds: Japan 0, Canada 9

Canada didn’t leave much to chance in their game against Japan, nabbing an convincing 9-0 win. Daryl Watts scored one and picked up an assist, as did Kendall Cooper. Eve Gascon made 14 saves en route to a shutout, and Riko Kawaguchi made 49 saves for Japan.


Women's Worlds: Germany 0, United States 5

Casey O'Brien picked up a goal and an assist, Caroline Harvey added two helpers and Gwyneth Philips made 13 saves for the shutout as the United States dominated the Germans. Sandra Abstreiter made 33 saves in the loss.


Women's Worlds: Sweden 4, Finland 1

Hilda Svensson, Ida Karlsson, Sara Hjalmarsson and Tilde Grillfors scored, while Ebba Svensson Traff made 26 saves as Sweden downed rival Finland. Sanni Ahola in the Finnish goal stopped the puck 28 times in the loss.


Women's Worlds: Denmark 3, Japan 2 (SO)

Denmark’s Teresa Christensen tied the game with less than three minutes remaining in regulation and Denmark went on to beat Japan in the shootout. Umeka Odaira scored twice for Japan, while Nikita Bergmann got Denmark’s other goal.


Women's Worlds: Austria 0, Germany 2

Nina Jobst-Smith scores twice and Sandra Abstreiter had 14 saves for the shutout as Germany beat Austria 2-0 in group stage action of the Women's Worlds on Saturday.


Women's Worlds: Canada 5, Sweden 1

Jessie Eldridge scored twice and added an assist, Kendall Cooper had a goal and an assist, and Ann-Renée Desbiens made 13 saves as Canada beat Sweden to win its opening game of the Women's World Hockey Championship.


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