Canada outlasts U.S. in shootout at women's world hockey tourney

BRAMPTON, Ontario — Jamie Lee Rattray scored the winner in the ninth round of the shootout and Canada defeated the United States 4-3 Monday night in the final preliminary round game for both teams at the women's world hockey championship.

The teams will turn their attention to the quarterfinals on Thursday after finishing 1-2 atop Group A.

Sarah Fillier had a goal and an assist and Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey scored in regulation for Canada. Goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens earned the win.

Hannah Bilka had a goal and an assist and Hilary Knight and Amanda Kessel also scored for the Americans. Goaltender Aerin Frankel took the loss.

Rattray buried the winner on a slick deke after Desbiens and Frankel went toe-to-toe through eight rounds of the shootout before being mobbed by teammates.

Canada led 3-1 with 2:27 left in regulation when Stacey scored into an empty net. But the U.S. wasn't done.

Knight scored with 39 seconds remaining on a rebound to cut the deficit to one — the scoreboard in the arena lost power during the play, which was challenged for offside — before Kessel added an improbable equalizer with 3.4 seconds left, stunning the crowd and forcing overtime.

The U.S. killed off a penalty to Knight in the extra period before the American captain was stopped by Desbiens on a break later in OT.

Canada snapped a 1-1 tie on a 5-on-3 power play three minutes into the second period when Poulin blasted a one-timer high past Frankel after a set-up from Erin Ambrose.

Natalie Spooner then tipped a point shot off the post with the teams playing 5-on-4 as the U.S. took four straight penalties in the middle period. But the Canadians were unable to build on that 2-1 lead heading to the third.

Canada killed a Fillier