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Her Royal Highness Hilary Knight tied the record for the most career Olympic goals (14) in team history during the U.S. women's hockey 5-0 win over Finland on Saturday.
Knight netted the fourth goal, as the squad cruised to victory over a visibly weakened Finnish women's hockey team. The captain said she didn't realize the top shelf score tied her with retired U.S. players Natalie Darwitz and Katie King for the goals record.
"I had no idea. I just love scoring, and that pure elation of finding the back of the net. It’s a little-kid moment. When you score, it’s pure excitement," Knight said. "Those are legendary players and just to be in the same sentence as them is super special," she added.
Knight scored her first Olympic goal at the 2010 Vancouver Games and sixteen years later, in her final Olympics, it's safe to say she'll own the record sooner rather than later.
"I want her to score more than anyone else. I thought she was going to have it in the third period, she had a good look, but there’s no doubt she is going to break that record any time now," Megan Keller, who assisted Knight's goal and had one of her own, said about the captain.
Let's not forget the Olympian also set a record as soon as she stepped on the ice at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, as she became the first hockey player to compete in five Winter Olympics. And it's no secret she's in hot pursuit of a record-tying fifth Olympic medal.
In addition to goals, next on tap for Knight could be shattering the U.S. women's Olympic points record (32). Currently, she sits just three points behind Hall of Famer Jenny Potter in the all-time Olympic points standings.
Needless to say, there's lots more history to be written and re-written by Knight during these Games.
It was also a brick-wall banner day for U.S. goalie Aerin Frankel. The PWHL star recorded her first Olympic shutout with 11 saves in goal.
It was the 16th time that the U.S. women's hockey team has recorded a shutout at the Olympics.
Throughout the game, the U.S. absolutely dominated possession, which allowed them to control the game entirely. They peppered Finnish goalie Sanni Ahola with 49 shots on goal during the match, while Finland was only able to get 11 on target themselves. In addition to Knight and Keller's goals — Alex Carpenter, Taylor Heise and Abbey Murphy also got on the board for Team USA.
"Being here is a blessing, and to be able to play with the best players in the country is even better. When you get a win, you have to take it," Murphy said after the game.
So far, the U.S. has scored five goals in each of the first two games and their success on the power play has been a huge reason why. They've converted on three out of nine in the Olympic tournament thus far.
"I like the way we manufactured power plays, whether it was hooking or holding. I thought the game was called fairly, and we did the things necessary to draw those penalties. That is a big part of playing consistent momentum hockey," U.S. head coach John Wroblewski said after the game.
While Finland had a full roster for Saturday's faceoff, the team had been dealing with norovirus exposure within the team during the week, which resulted in the postponement of their first game against Canada. That game was rescheduled to Feb. 12, and they'll be back on the ice on Sunday against Czechia.
"We're happy that now we have a full team again and we are ready to start building from this game," Finland forward Emma Nuutinen said.
The U.S., however, has a break from competition on Super Bowl Sunday, after going 2-0 so far in Olympic play. The Americans take the ice next on Feb. 9 against Switzerland.
Despite the record-breaking day for Knight, she's already looking forward and pushing the team to improve, as the squad's quest for gold continues.
"We can definitely get better. There are definitely things that we can work on," Knight said.
*Reuters contributed this article