A goal and two assists for Victoria Bach led the way as Canada beat Japan 9-0 in the second-to-last group stage game at the 2022 Women’s World Championships. Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice, Sarah Fillier scored once as both centres had three points in the game. Canada also got goals from Emma Maltais, Blayre Turnbull, Ella Shelton, Jamie Lee Rattray, and Sarah Potomak in the win. Jocelyne Larocque and Erin Ambrose both had two assists in the win.
With her three points, Poulin passed Jennifer Botterill and Krissy Wendell-Pohl for 10th all-time in WWC scoring history with her 27th goal and 60th point in the tournament in her career.