Knight scores 2; U.S. wins in rout

CALGARY, ALBERTA» Hilary Knight had two goals and an assist to break Cammi Granato’s U.S. points record in women’s world hockey championship play, helping the Americans beat Japan 10-2 on Saturday in the quarterfinals.

Knight tied Granato at 78 points with a goal in the first and broke the mark with an assist in the second. Knight added her recordextending 47th career goal in the event in the third. With 80 points, the eighttime world champion is third overall behind former Canadian stars Hayley Wickenheiser (86) and Jayna Hefford (83).

Alex Carpenter and Grace Zumwinkle also each scored twice for the fivetime defending champion United States. Megan Keller, Brianna Decker, Caroline Harvey and Dani Cameranesi added goals.

“I give all the credit to the players” coach Joel Johnson said. “They were great. They started out really fast and continued to play with that pace, so it was fun to watch. It was great to get that win and we’re going to get back together tomorrow to start preparing for the semifinals.”

The U.S. outshot Japan 61-12, with Alex Cavallini making eight saves in the first two periods and Nicole Hensley stopping two shots in the third.

Akane Shiga scored twice for Japan.

Earlier, Laura Zimmerman scored at 5:29 of overtime to give Switzerland a 3-2 victory over Russia.

In the night quarterfinals, Canada faced Germany, and Finland met the Czech Republic. Canada beat the United States 5-1 on Thursday night to take the top spot in Group A.

Sinja Leeman fed Zimmerman for a one-timer past goalie Valeria Merkusheva for Switzerland’s first victory of the tournament.

Evelina Raselli pulled Switzerland within a goal midway through the third period, and Phoebe Staenz tied it with 2:16 left in regulation.

Yelizaveta Rodnova and Ilona Markova scored for Russia in the first period to chase goalie Andrea Braendli. Saskia Maurer stopped all 28 shots she faced in relief.

The Swiss were without top scorer Alina Muller. She injured her ankle in the team’s first preliminaryround game, a loss to Russia.

Jeff Mcintosh, The Canadian Press Alex Carpenter, right, of the United States, scores against Japan’s goalie Nana Fujimoto during the firstperiod of the women's world championship hockey quarterfinal Saturday.