2018 4 Nations Cup

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{{Infobox international ice hockey competition

| tourney_name = 4 Nations Cup

| year = 2018

| other_titles =

| image = 2018 4 Nations Cup.jpg

| size = 350px

| caption =

| country = Canada

| dates = November 6–10

| num_teams = 4

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| type = ihw

| winners = United States

| count = 9

| second = CAN

| third = FIN

| fourth = SWE

| games = 8

| goals = 43

| attendance =

| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USA}} Hilary Knight

| points = 7

| mvp =

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

}}

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=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/team-standings Hockey Canada]

|team1=USA |team2=CAN |team3=FIN |team4=SWE

|win_USA=3 |OTwin_USA=0 |OTloss_USA=0 |loss_USA=0 |gf_USA=12 |ga_USA=3

|win_CAN=2 |OTwin_CAN=0 |OTloss_CAN=0 |loss_CAN=1 |gf_CAN=10 |ga_CAN=2 |status_CAN=H

|win_FIN=1 |OTwin_FIN=0 |OTloss_FIN=0 |loss_FIN=2 |gf_FIN=4 |ga_FIN=10

|win_SWE=0 |OTwin_SWE=0 |OTloss_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=3 |gf_SWE=4 |ga_SWE=14

|name_USA={{ihw|USA}}

|name_CAN={{ihw|CAN}}

|name_FIN={{ihw|FIN}}

|name_SWE={{ihw|SWE}}

|class_rules = 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.

|result1=S |result2=S |result3=Q |result4=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_S=green1 |text_S=Advance to Gold medal game

|col_Q=yellow1 |text_Q=Advance to Bronze medal game

}}

All times are local (UTC−6).

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #eeeeee

| date = November 6, 2018

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|FIN}}

| team2 = {{ihw|USA}}

| score = 1–5

| periods = (1–0, 0–5, 0–0)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2219

| goalie1 = Noora Räty

| goalie2 = Maddie Rooney

| progression =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| penalties1 = 12

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 10

| shots2 = 49

}}

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #eeffff

| date = November 6, 2018

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|CAN}}

| team2 = {{ihw|SWE}}

| score = 6–1

| periods = (3–0, 1–0, 2–1)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2220

| goalie1 = Shannon Szabados

| goalie2 = Lovisa Selander

| progression =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 52

| shots2 = 18

}}

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #eeeeee

| date = November 7, 2018

| time = 15:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SWE}}

| team2 = {{ihw|FIN}}

| score = 2–3

| periods = (0–3, 0–0, 2–0)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2221

| goalie1 = Maria Omberg

| goalie2 = Jenna Silvonen

| progression =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

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| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 30

| shots2 = 31

}}

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #eeffff

| date = November 7, 2018

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|USA}}

| team2 = {{ihw|CAN}}

| score = 2–1

| periods = (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2222

| goalie1 = Alex Rigsby

| goalie2 = Shannon Szabados

| progression =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| penalties1 = 14

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 33

| shots2 = 24

}}

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #eeeeee

| date = November 8, 2018

| time = 15:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SWE}}

| team2 = {{ihw|USA}}

| score = 1–5

| periods = (0–3, 1–1, 0–1)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2223

| goalie1 = Emma Söderberg

| goalie2 = Emma Polusny

| progression =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

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| penalties1 = 4

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 20

| shots2 = 40

}}

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #eeffff

| date = November 8, 2018

| time = 19:30

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|FIN}}

| team2 = {{ihw|CAN}}

| score = 0–3

| periods = (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2224

| goalie1 = Noora Räty

| goalie2 = Emerance Maschmeyer

| progression =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 14

| shots2 = 48

}}

=Bronze medal game=

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #FFDAB9

| date = November 10, 2018

| time = 15:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|SWE}}

| team2 = {{ihw|FIN}}

| score = 2–4

| periods = (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2225

| goalie1 = Maria Omberg

| goalie2 = Noora Räty

| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4

| goals1 = Winberg (Nylén Persson, Ljungblom) – 10:31 / Winberg (Ljungblom, Grahm) – 31:07

| goals2 = 30:08 – Hiirikoski / 45:01 – Hakala (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP) / 48:36 – Rajahuhta (Niskanen, Tuominen) / 49:05 – Nieminen (Rahunen, Tulus)

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| penalties1 = 6

| penalties2 = 2

| shots1 = 33

| shots2 = 34

}}

=Gold medal game=

{{IceHockeybox

| bg = #F7F6A8

| date = November 10, 2018

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihw-rt|CAN}}

| team2 = {{ihw|USA}}

| score = 2–5

| periods = (1–2, 0–2, 1–1)

| reference = https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/game-summary?gameid=2226

| goalie1 = Shannon Szabados
Emerance Maschmeyer

| goalie2 = Alex Rigsby

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5

| goals1 = Fortino – 03:49 / Bourbonnais (Gabel) (PP) – 49:57

| goals2 = 01:28 – Knight (Cameranesi) / 16:31 – Samoskevich (Pannek, Flanagan) / 31:37 – Decker (Brodt, Coyne Schofield) / 32:01 – Knight (Morin, Cameranesi) / 40:41 – Coyne Schofield (Decker, Bellamy)

| stadium = SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon

| official =

| official2 =

| linesman =

| linesman2 =

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 25

| shots2 = 25

}}

Statistics

=Final standings=

class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
style="background:gold;"

| align=center|Image:gold medal icon.svg

{{ihw|USA}}
style="background:silver;"

| align=center|Image:silver medal icon.svg

{{ihw|CAN}}
style="background:peru;"

| align=center|Image:bronze medal icon.svg

{{ihw|FIN}}
align=center|4{{ihw|SWE}}

=Scoring leaders=

Only the top ten skaters, sorted by points, then goals, are included in this list.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:225px;"| Player

! style="width:50px;"| GP

! style="width:50px;"| G

! style="width:50px;"| A

! style="width:60px;"| Pts

! style="width:50px;"| PIM

! style="width:60px;"| POS

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Hilary Knight43470F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brianna Decker43362F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Dani Cameranesi42466F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Sydney Brodt43250F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Rebecca Johnston41450F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Kendall Coyne Schofield41452F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Mélodie Daoust43140F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Marie-Philip Poulin41346F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Hannah Brandt42132F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Lina Ljungblom40332F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Source: [https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/player-stats# 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.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:170px;"| Player

! style="width:60px;"| TOI

! style="width:50px;"| GA

! style="width:60px;"| GAA

! style="width:50px;"| SA

! style="width:60px;"| Sv%

! style="width:50px;"| SO

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Rigsby120:0031.5049.9390
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Noora Räty180:0093.00129.9300
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Shannon Szabados160:0083.0074.8920
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Maria Omberg116:0073.6265.8920

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

Source: [https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/national/2018-19/4-nations/stats/player-stats# Hockey Canada]