PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Jennifer Wakefield and Haley Irwin each had a goal and an assist to lead Canada to an 8-0 win over Russia at the women's world hockey championship Monday.
The Canadians concluded their preliminary round in Pool A with a 1-2 record. They awaited the result of a later game between the United States (2-0) and Finland (1-1) to know their playoff path.
Emily Clark, Natalie Spooner, Erin Ambrose, Brianne Jenner, Meghan Agosta, and Sarah Potomak also scored for Canada.
Canadian starter Shannon Szabados made 17 saves for the shutout in her second start of the tournament.
Russia's Maria Sorokina allowed six goals on 35 shots before she was replaced by Nadezhda Alexandrova in the third period. Alexandrova then turned away four of six shots for the Russians (0-3).
While the Canadians were favoured -- Russia has never beaten them in women's hockey -- it was a win they needed to regain confidence after back-to-back losses to open the tournament.
Canada scored more goals than their first two games combined, including four power-play goals, and killed off a Russian two-man advantage early in the second.
The top two teams in Pool A get a bye to Thursday's semifinals. The bottom two drop to Tuesday's quarter-finals against the top two seeds from Pool B.
The Canadians did their part to stay in contention for the bye. Beating Russia by two-plus goals gave Canada the best goal differential if the day ended with a three teams tied for second in Pool A at 1-2.
Canada's power play went 0-for-6 in 2-0 and 4-3 losses to the U.S. and Finland respectively. The Canadians were 4-for-7 on Monday.
Potomak's first goal for Canada was a power-play goal scored on a rebound off a Jocelyne Larocque shot from the point at 19:19 of the third period.
Agosta wired a shot through traffic to beat Alexandrova at 6:41. Jenner scored on Sorokina from the high slot for a power-play goal at 4:56.
Ambrose beat Sorokina with a wrist shot from the face-off dot at 11:01 of the second.
It took half a period for the Canadians to get in sync, but they poured four goals by Sorokina in just over four minutes starting at 14:30 of the first period.
Spooner re-directed a Sarah Potomak shot from the high slot at 18:37. Wakefield swooped out from behind the net to bang in a rebound at 16:51.
After a face-off in front of Sorokina, Clark spun a half turn and tucked the puck by the Russian low stick side at 15:33.
Irwin deflected Wakefield's slapshot from the top of the circle for a power-play goal at 14:30.
Germany went 2-1 in Pool B to gain a quarter-final berth. They lost 4-2 to Switzerland (1-1-1) on Monday.
Sweden (1-1) and the Czech Republic (0-1-1) met in a later Pool B game, which determined the other quarter-finalist.
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