BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Hilary Knight scored three times and Team USA routed Canada 6-1 to take a 2-0 lead over their cross-border rivals in the women’s hockey exhibition Rivalry Series on Saturday night.

Kelly Pannek, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra, in her Buffalo homecoming, also scored for the Americans who were coming off a series-opening 4-1 win at Cleveland two days earlier. Team USA’s projected backup Gwyneth Philips stopped 29 shots.

Knight’s three-goal outing, capped by an empty-net goal, follows Abbey Murphy’s natural hat trick on Thursday.

The Americans have now won four straight against Canada in the leadup to the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The run includes a 4-3 overtime win at the world championships in the Czech Republic in April.

Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin sc

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