2018 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)
Runner-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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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.

Results

Preliminary round

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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%
Alex Rigsby	120:00	3	1.50	49	.939
Noora Räty	180:00	9	3.00	129	.930
Shannon Szabados	160:00	8	3.00	74	.892
Maria Omberg	116:00	7	3.62	65	.892

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