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)
DatesNovember 6–10
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  United States (9th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Goals scored43 (5.38 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Hilary Knight (7 points)
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Results edit

Preliminary round edit

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 StatesSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesMaddie Rooney
12 minPenalties6 min
10Shots49
November 6, 2018
19:00
Canada  6–1
(3–0, 1–0, 2–1)
  SwedenSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Shannon SzabadosGoaliesLovisa Selander
8 minPenalties8 min
52Shots18
November 7, 2018
15:00
Sweden  2–3
(0–3, 0–0, 2–0)
  FinlandSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Maria OmbergGoaliesJenna Silvonen
8 minPenalties6 min
30Shots31
November 7, 2018
19:00
United States  2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
  CanadaSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Alex RigsbyGoaliesShannon Szabados
14 minPenalties6 min
33Shots24
November 8, 2018
15:00
Sweden  1–5
(0–3, 1–1, 0–1)
  United StatesSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Emma SöderbergGoaliesEmma Polusny
4 minPenalties6 min
20Shots40
November 8, 2018
19:30
Finland  0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
  CanadaSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesEmerance Maschmeyer
10 minPenalties8 min
14Shots48

Bronze medal game edit

November 10, 2018
15:00
Sweden  2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)
  FinlandSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Maria OmbergGoaliesNoora Räty
Winberg (Nylén Persson, Ljungblom) – 10:311–0
1–130:08 – Hiirikoski
Winberg (Ljungblom, Grahm) – 31:072–1
2–245:01 – Hakala (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP)
2–348:36 – Rajahuhta (Niskanen, Tuominen)
2–449:05 – Nieminen (Rahunen, Tulus)
6 minPenalties2 min
33Shots34

Gold medal game edit

November 10, 2018
20:00
Canada  2–5
(1–2, 0–2, 1–1)
  United StatesSaskTel Centre, Saskatoon
Game reference
Shannon Szabados
Emerance Maschmeyer
GoaliesAlex Rigsby
0–101:28 – Knight (Cameranesi)
Fortino – 03:491–1
1–216:31 – Samoskevich (Pannek, Flanagan)
1–331:37 – Decker (Brodt, Coyne Schofield)
1–432:01 – Knight (Morin, Cameranesi)
1–540:41 – Coyne Schofield (Decker, Bellamy)
Bourbonnais (Gabel) (PP) – 49:572–5
10 minPenalties8 min
25Shots25

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

    United States
    Canada
    Finland
4   Sweden

Scoring leaders edit

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 edit

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 edit