Team USA women's hockey shuts out Sweden, moves to gold medal game at Winter Olympics

Team USA women’s crystal hockey volition person a changeable astatine a golden medal arsenic they defeated Sweden successful the semifinals of the 2026 Winter Olympics connected Monday.

American goaltender Aerin Frankel picked up different shutout arsenic Team USA defeated the Swedes, 5-0. Frankel has not allowed a extremity since the team’s 5-1 triumph successful their opening matchup against the Czech Republic. Since then, Team USA has been firing connected each cylinders.

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Team United States celebrates aft their triumph implicit Sweden successful a women's crystal hockey semifinal lucifer astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cayla Barnes enactment the U.S. connected the committee successful the archetypal period. She scored connected assists from Kelly Pannek and Lee Stecklein. The crippled opened up successful the 2nd play arsenic the U.S. kept berating the nett and got the puck down the opposing netminder.

Tyler Heise, Abbey Murphy, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Hayley Scamurra each enactment a extremity into the backmost of the nett successful the 2nd period. The U.S. didn’t people successful the third, but didn’t person to.

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United States' Hayley Scamurra, center, celebrates with Tessa Janecke (22) and Britta Curl (17) aft Samurra scored against Sweden during the 2nd play of a women's crystal hockey semifinal lucifer astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Frankel made 23 saves successful the win.

The U.S. went done radical play lone allowing 1 extremity and person outscored their opponents successful the knockout signifier 11-0. The Americans volition look the victor of Canada and Switzerland for the golden medal.

Team USA already defeated some teams successful radical play, 5-0 successful each game.

United States' Taylor Heise (27) joins the solemnisation aft Abbey Murphy, 3rd from left, scored a extremity against Sweden during the 2nd play of a women's crystal hockey semifinal lucifer astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The Americans volition question to avenge a disappointing extremity to the 2022 Beijing Olympics that saw them suffer to Canada successful the golden medal game. The U.S. women’s hockey squad has 2 golden medals since making their archetypal Olympic quality successful 1998. The wins came successful 1998 and 2018.

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