2018 4 Nations Cup

The 2018 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was the 23rd edition of the 4 Nations Cup.

2018 4 Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	November 6–10
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	8
Goals scored	43 (5.38 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hilary Knight (7 points)
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Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Advance to Gold medal game
2	Canada (H)	3	2	0	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	4	10	−6	3	Advance to Bronze medal game
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	4	14	−10	0

Source: Hockey Canada
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC−6).

November 6, 2018 12:00

Finland

1–5 (1–0, 0–5, 0–0)

United States

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Maddie Rooney
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	49

November 6, 2018 19:00

Canada

6–1 (3–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Sweden

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Lovisa Selander
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	18

November 7, 2018 15:00

Sweden

2–3 (0–3, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Maria Omberg	Goalies	Jenna Silvonen
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	31

November 7, 2018 19:00

United States

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Canada

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Shannon Szabados
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	24

November 8, 2018 15:00

Sweden

1–5 (0–3, 1–1, 0–1)

United States

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Emma Söderberg	Goalies	Emma Polusny
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	40

November 8, 2018 19:30

Finland

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Emerance Maschmeyer
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	48

Bronze medal game

November 10, 2018 15:00

Sweden

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Finland

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Maria Omberg	Goalies	Noora Räty
	Winberg (Nylén Persson, Ljungblom) – 10:31 1–0 1–1 30:08 – Hiirikoski Winberg (Ljungblom, Grahm) – 31:07 2–1 2–2 45:01 – Hakala (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP) 2–3 48:36 – Rajahuhta (Niskanen, Tuominen) 2–4 49:05 – Nieminen (Rahunen, Tulus)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	34

Gold medal game

November 10, 2018 20:00

Canada

2–5 (1–2, 0–2, 1–1)

United States

SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados Emerance Maschmeyer	Goalies	Alex Rigsby
	0–1 01:28 – Knight (Cameranesi) Fortino – 03:49 1–1 1–2 16:31 – Samoskevich (Pannek, Flanagan) 1–3 31:37 – Decker (Brodt, Coyne Schofield) 1–4 32:01 – Knight (Morin, Cameranesi) 1–5 40:41 – Coyne Schofield (Decker, Bellamy) Bourbonnais (Gabel) (PP) – 49:57 2–5
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	25

Statistics

Final standings

	United States
	Canada
	Finland
4	Sweden

Scoring leaders

Only the top ten skaters, sorted by points, then goals, are included in this list.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
Hilary Knight	4	3	4	7	0	F
Brianna Decker	4	3	3	6	2	F
Dani Cameranesi	4	2	4	6	6	F
Sydney Brodt	4	3	2	5	0	F
Rebecca Johnston	4	1	4	5	0	F
Kendall Coyne Schofield	4	1	4	5	2	F
Mélodie Daoust	4	3	1	4	0	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	4	1	3	4	6	F
Hannah Brandt	4	2	1	3	2	F
Lina Ljungblom	4	0	3	3	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Hockey Canada

Goaltending leaders

Only the top four goaltenders, based on save percentage, who played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Alex Rigsby	120:00	3	1.50	49	.939	0
Noora Räty	180:00	9	3.00	129	.930	0
Shannon Szabados	160:00	8	3.00	74	.892	0
Maria Omberg	116:00	7	3.62	65	.892	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Hockey Canada

External links

• Official website