The U.S. handed Canada its first Olympic shutout ever in Tuesday's preliminary round matchup.

MATCH RESULTS

The Americans found the back of the net five times in a rout of Canada, led by two goals from 24-year-old Hannah Bilka in her first Olympics.

Bilka expressed what she'd tell her younger self about her stellar performance. "Just be in the moment, enjoy it, I don't think I have time to process it...I think she'd be pretty proud," Bilka said during the second intermission.

Speaking of proud, Laila Edwards continues to make history. When she first touched the ice, Edwards became the first Black woman to compete for Team USA at the Games and now she's tallied her first Olympic goal.

Captain Hilary Knight broke the U.S. record for Olympic points in career history when she tee-ed up Caroline Harvey's second goal of the Games.

The 5-0 win by the United States was an unexpected outcome, to say the least, in hockey's most anticipated rivalry of the Games. However, the Canadians were without team captain Marie-Philip Poulin who suffered a lower body injury in Monday's game against Czechia. She's been listed as "day-to-day."

Despite the blowout win, the U.S. squad is taking it all in stride.

"I think it's always great when you get a win like that," Alex Carpenter said after the victory.

In post-game coverage, U.S. women's hockey Olympic gold medalist and NBC Sports hockey analyst Angela Ruggiero called this American team the best she's ever seen.

And, that analysis has plenty of stats to back it up from the entire team.

The U.S. has scored five goals in each of its first four games of the tournament, and they've only allowed one goal. The math: USA has outscored its opponents 20-1 at the 2026 Olympics.

And the defense has been nearly impenetrable in every game so far.

Goalie Aerin Frankel saved 20 shots against Canada and racked up her second shutout of the Games.

The U.S. closed out the preliminary round of competition by clinching the top spot in Group A. Canada on the other hand, still has one more group stage game left against Finland on Feb. 12 after it was postponed earlier in the Games due to illness.

Team USA plays Italy Feb. 13 in the quarterfinal round at 3:10p.m. ET.

• Sweden women's hockey shut out Japan 4-0 on Tuesday for the team's fourth straight win in the preliminary round and eliminated Japan in the process
• The duel between Germany and Japan came down to the wire, but ultimately the German women came out on top 2-1
• Finland defeated Switzerland 3-1 to secure the team's first win of the Olympic tournament 

Reuters contributed to this report.