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For the fifth time in the six Olympics that have included women’s hockey, the United States and Canada will meet for the gold medal. 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Team USA shut out Finland 5-0 in the first semifinal, and Canada then scored a 5-0 win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia on Monday. Canada beat the United States 2-1 when the teams met in the group stage, and the Canadians have canada v russia women’s hockey the Americans for gold in each of the past two Olympics.

Before Team USA takes its shot at redemption, here is a look at how the United States and Canada qualified for the gold-medal game. The United States dominated Finland from start to finish en route to clinching at least a silver medal. The Americans scored two goals in each of the first two periods before Dani Cameranesi’s second marker put the game away in the third. Leave it to the veteran to open the scoring! Cameranesi added another goal with just over one minute remaining in the first period, and Finland never threatened. The Americans peppered the Finns with 38 shots and allowed only 14. Finland’s Noora Raty is the winningest goaltender in Olympic history, but she received little support from her teammates.