Jenner scores twice, Poulin on a penalty shot in Canada's win over U.S.

BEIJING — Ann-Renée Desbiens was of two minds about her workload in Canada's 4-2 win over the United States in Olympic women's hockey Tuesday.

The Canadian goalie's 51 saves were more than the combined shots she faced in her first two starts in Beijing.

"I love it, but not really," said the 27-year-old from La Malbaie, Que. "I enjoy it personally, but from a team perspective, that's not the kind of game you want to have too often.

"It just showed that we can improve on things, get better during the medal round. Selfishly, it's fun, but I'd rather not."

Outshot 53-27, Canada nevertheless held off the defending champions to finish the preliminary round atop Pool A at 4-0.

Marie-Philip Poulin scored on Canada's first penalty shot in Olympic women's hockey history. Brianne Jenner's two goals and Jamie Lee Rattray's one rounded out the scoring.

Dani Cameranesi and Alex Carpenter countered for the U.S. (3-1). Maddie Rooney made 23-of-27 saves in the loss.

Canada will face the third seed and the United States the second seed from Pool B in the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinal matchups Feb. 11-12 will be A1-B3, A2-B2, A3-B1, A4-A5.

Russia, Finland and Switzerland jockeyed for seedings Tuesday in Pool A as did Japan, Czech Republic, China, Sweden and Denmark in Pool B.

The semifinals Feb. 14 are followed by the bronze-medal game Feb. 16 and the gold-medal game Feb. 17.

Canada and the U.S. had outscored their opposition a combined 47-5 in their three games to start the tournament.

The North American rivals demand a hard, fast, edgy brand of hockey from each other when they meet.

Tuesday's clash produced that for 591 spectators, which included Canada's curling teams, in Wukesong Sports Centre.

Poulin provided Canada's insurance