In today’s games, Natalie Spooner marked a milestone, Japan dug themselves a bit of a hole, Finland cruised to victory and France gave themselves a reason to sing.
Group A
USA | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 13 |
CAN | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
FIN | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
RUS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 |
SUI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | -19 |
Group B
CZE | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
GER | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
SWE | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
JPN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
FRA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
Czech Republic 3 vs Japan 1
In what was not quite a must-win game for Japan, both teams showed they were taking this game seriously by putting their starters Nana Fujimoto and Klára Peslarová in net for the third consecutive game.