Hockey scare

The American women struggle to put away Finland.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Goaltender Noora Raty saw Hilary Knight with the puck on her stick and moved to defend against the dangerous American.

Knight passed the puck, Kendall Coyne scored the goahead goal at 11:29 of the second period on a one-timer, and the U.S. rallied to beat Finland 3-1 to remain perfect when opening an Olympic tournament.

“Knighter got there out of the corner, I need to commit to her because she’s the best shot in the world,” Raty said. “So for once she actually passed, and hats off to Coyner. She went top shelf. Really nice goal.”

Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Dani Cameranesi also scored as the Americans improved to 6-0 all-time in Olympic openers. They also improved to 7-0 against Finland in the Olympics, though the world’s thirdranked team made the defending world champions work hard in a chippy game.

Venla Hovi scored on a wrist shot from the slot with 5.8 seconds left in the first period, giving the Finns the lead and a reason to celebrate going into intermission.

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