EDMONTON — Hilary Knight scored twice, including an empty-netter, to lead the United States to a 4-1 win over Canada in a women's hockey Rivalry Series game Saturday.

The U.S. swept the four-game series and outscored Canada 24-6.

Defenders Caroline Harvey and Laila Edwards also scored, and Taylor Heise had two assists for the U.S. to finish with a series-leading eight assists.

Aerin Frankel stopped 23 shots in the U.S. net.

Brianne Jenner scored and goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens made 28 saves for Canada.

The U.S. won the first three games 4-1 in Cleveland, 6-1 in Buffalo, N.Y., and 10-4 in Edmonton.

After giving up a worst-ever 10 goals to their archrivals, the Canadians wanted to wrest a measure of momentum back in their final meeting with the U.S. before their preliminary-round mee

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