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Don’t be surprised if the last Rivalry Series game between the U.S. women and Canada has some extra spice.
The Americans are looking to sweep their archrivals, something neither team has done in the six-year history of the Rivalry Series. The Canadians, well, they’re trying to salvage some pride after being outscored 20-6 through the first three games, including giving up a record 10 goals in Wednesday night’s 10-4 U.S. victory.
“That should put a chip on our shoulder, that’s for sure; 10-4, it’s hard to find the positive,” Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin said after the game.
The U.S. women have had 12 different players score over the three games and 15 players get points. Abbey Murphy leads all scorers with five goals, including a hat trick in Game 1, while Taylor Heise has six assists.
This is the final game for both teams before the Olympic squads are chosen.
“I’m proud of the effort we put out tonight,” U.S. coach John Wroblewski said after Wednesday night’s game. “It’s never easy to play Canada and we definitely have things we can improve on as we move into the final game of the series.”
Follow along as USA TODAY Sports provides live updates and highlights for the fourth and final Rivalry Series game between the U.S. women and Canada:
End of first: USA 0, Canada 0
USA’s Aerin Frankel has been impenetrable so far. Canada recorded 12 shots on goal in the first period, but none got past Frankel.
Canada on power play
American Taylor Heise was called for goalkeeper interference after making contact with Canada’s Ann-Renee Desbiens with 41.8 seconds remaining in the first period. Heise appeared to be unhappy with the referee as skated to the penalty box. Canada is on the power play for the first time in the game.
USA on power play
It wasn’t long before the Americans were back on the power play. Canada’s Sarah Fillier was called for slashing at the 14:11 mark and earned two minutes in the penalty box. However, Canada killed it off yet again.
Canada kills off penalty
Canada may have been shorthanded with Poulin in the penalty box, but the Canadians nearly scored on USA’s power play. Laura Stacey nearly squeezed the puck past USA’s Aerin Frankel for the first goal of the night. Canada only allowed one shot from the USA on the power play.
USA on power play
The first penalty of the night goes to Canada. Marie-Philip Poulin was called for an illegal check to the head of USA’s Abbey Murphy with 8:54 remaining in the first period. Murphy appeared to retaliate against Poulin after the contact, but wasn’t called for a penalty.
Canada taking shots early vs. USA
We are scoreless with 10:31 remaining in the first period. Canada came out aggressive and put up six shots on goal in the first 10 minutes, compared to only one from USA. Goals have been hard to come by for the Canadians, who have only scored six goals through three games.
Game underway
USA leads 3-0 in the series.
What time is USA vs Canada Rivalry Series game?
The USA and Canada will play the fourth and final game of this year’s Rivalry Series at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 13 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
What channel is USA vs Canada Rivalry Series game?
The game will be shown on NHL Network.
2025 Rivalry Series stats: USA vs. Canada
The U.S. women have dominated Canada in the first three games of the Rivalry Series:
Goaltending matchup
USA’s Aerin Frankel vs. Canada’s Ann-Renee Desbiens.
Team USA’s top line remains same
Tessa Janecke, Alex Carpenter and Hilary Knight are the forwards on the No. 1 line for Saturday’s matchup, marking the same U.S. top line as the previous three Rivalry Series games. U.S. women’s head coach John Wroblewski has been experimenting with different forward combinations on the second line, but will go with the trio of Hannah Bilka, Taylor Heise and Abbey Murphy for the second consecutive game.
Team USA women’s hockey linesCanada women’s hockey linesWhen is Rivalry Series game? How to watch, TV channel
- Date: Dec. 13, 2025
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- Location: Rogers Place (Edmonton, Alberta)
- TV: NHL Network
- Streaming: Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Watch US women’s hockey vs. Canada on Fubo
What happened in Game 1 of the Rivalry Series?
Abbey Murphy went off, scoring a hat trick to put the Canadians on their heels in the 4-1 win. Taylor Heise assisted on all three of Murphy’s goals and also had a goal of her own.
What happened in Game 2 of the Rivalry Series?
This time it was veteran captain Hilary Knight’s turn for a hat trick as the Americans won 6-1. Kelly Panek, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra also scored for the U.S. women, who broke the game open with four goals in the final period.
What happened in Game 3 of the Rivalry Series?
It was a goal-a-palooza, the 10 goals from the Americans the most ever scored by either team against the other. After Canada struck first in the first period, the U.S. women responded with five unanswered goals. The Canadians scored three times in the second period to make it close, only to have the Americans score four in the final period.
Abbey Murphy and Kelly Panek each had two, and Tessa Janecke, Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne-Schofield, Britta Curl-Salemme, Alex Carpenter and Kirsten Simms had one each.
Why is the US-Canada rivalry so heated?
The U.S. women and Canada have dominated the women’s game and, as of right now, are really the only real competition for the other.
They are the only teams to have won the Olympics or the world championships, and they’ve played each other in all but two of the gold-medal games. (Sweden beat the U.S. in the semifinals of the 2006 Olympics in Turin and Finland beat Canada in the semifinals of the 2019 worlds.) Canada has won 13 of the 25 world championships and five of the seven Olympic gold medals.
But the U.S. currently has momentum, winning two of the last three world titles, including an overtime thriller in the spring.
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