Canada vs. Russia Prediction: 2022 Olympic Women’s Hockey Odds

This game is set to start at 11:10 p.m ET on Sunday night. Canada comes into these 2022 Olympic Winter games as the number 1-ranked team in the world. The Beijing Olympics Women’s hockey tournament takes place from Feb. 2-16 and is played at the National Indoor Stadium and Wukesong Sports Centre.

Russia’s name and flag are currently banned from the Olympics after too many years of their athletes being embroiled in doping scandals, so a workaround was formed with the ROC, or the Russian Olympic Committee. The ROC team only had 18 skaters and two goaltenders available as their team was hit with a COVID outbreak.

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After handily beating Finland 11-1 in their second prelim game, Canada will face their first real challenge of this tournament – a Russian team coming off a 5-2 win over Switzerland in their preliminary round opener. The ROC was then shut-out of scoring against the American team, who beat them 5-0.

Team Canada

Sarah Fillier scored twice, and Sarah Nurse and Brianne Jenner both earned hat tricks in their game against Finland on Friday night. The final score was a lopsided 11-1 when the dust settled at Wukesong Arena in Beijing.

Netminder Ann-Renée Desbiens was brilliant between the pipes once again, stopping 28 shots in her second appearance at these Olympic games.

Canada is now 2-0 in the tournament, with a combined 23 goals over just two games.

Canadian Mélodie Daoust did not play in the game against Finland, after taking a hard hit into the boards in their opening game. The team released a statement about Daoust’s prognosis, saying:

“Mélodie continues to be assessed by our medical team and will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis before determining a timetable for her return. We anticipate she will be able to return to compete at some point during the Olympic tournament.”

Team Canada Roster

Goaltenders: Kristen Campbell (Brandon, Man.), Ann-Renée Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que.) and Emerance Maschmeyer (Bruderheim, Alta.)

• Defence: Erin Ambrose (Keswick, Ont.), Ashton Bell (Deloraine, Man./University of Minnesota Duluth, WCHA), Renata Fast (Burlington, Ont.), Jocelyne Larocque (Ste. Anne, Man.), Ella Shelton (Ingersoll, Ont.), Claire Thompson (Toronto, Ont.) and Micah Zandee-Hart (Saanichton, B.C.)

• Forwards: Emily Clark (Saskatoon, Sask.), Mélodie Daoust INJURED (Valleyfield, Que.),Sarah Fillier (Georgetown, Ont./Princeton University, ECAC), Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont.), Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont.), Emma Maltais (Burlington, Ont./Ohio State University, WCHA), Sarah Nurse (Hamilton, Ont.), Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que.), Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, Ont.), Jill Saulnier (Halifax, N.S.), Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont.), Laura Stacey (Kleinburg, Ont.) and Blayre Turnbull (Stellarton, N.S.)

Russian Olympic Committee

The ROC spent the early days of their Olympic games experience in isolation after their team was hit by one of the biggest COVID outbreaks of the games so far. Regardless, when their depleted roster took to the ice against Switzerland in their opening matchup, they still managed to earn a convincing 5-2 win.

Six of Russia’s 23-player roster from are currently unavailable after testing positive for COVID, including captain Olga Sosina.

Beijing Olympics Women’s Hockey Group and Schedule

Group A: Canada, United States, Finland, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Switzerland
Group B: People’s Republic of China, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Czechia

Canada’s Preliminary Round schedule:
Wednesday, Feb. 2 @ 11:10 p.m. ET: vs. Switzerland (WON 12-1) 
Friday, Feb. 4 @ 11:10 p.m. ET: vs. Finland (WON 11-1)
Sunday, Feb. 6 @ 11:10 p.m. ET: vs. Russian Olympic Committee
Monday, Feb. 7 @ 11:10 p.m. ET: vs. USA

Medal Round schedule:
Quarterfinals: Thursday, Feb. 10 through Saturday, Feb. 12
Semifinals: Sunday, Feb. 13 & Monday, Feb. 14

Bronze medal game: Wednesday, Feb. 16 @ 6:30 a.m. ET

Gold medal game: Wednesday, Feb. 16 @ 11:10 p.m. ET

Canada vs. Russia Score Prediction

Canada 7

Russia 2