FINAL: United States 11, Austria 1
Hilary Knight scored twice on Monday, November 9, 2026, and her second goal made her the first player in history with 70 career goals at the IIHF Women’s World Championship, as the United States beat Austria 11-1 in preliminary play in Esbjerg, Denmark. The Associated Press report of the game, carried by TSN, records that Knight’s second goal made it 9-0 and improved her record tally at the worlds to 70 goals in 90 games.
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Hilary Knight 70 Goals: The Two That Made History
The milestone arrived inside a rout that was settled early. USA Hockey’s official game recap has Caroline Harvey opening the scoring 9:08 into the first period, skating the puck from the U.S. blue line through the zone and lifting it over the goaltender. Moments later Knight tapped in a pass from a streaking Cayla Barnes to make it 2-0, her 69th career goal at the tournament. Harvey scored again and Tessa Janecke added a fourth before the first intermission.
Janecke’s second goal came nine seconds into the middle period, Joy Dunne made it 6-0 on her own rebound, and Lacey Eden and Megan Keller stretched the lead to 8-0 by the second intermission. Knight then tallied her second of the game, the team’s ninth, midway through the third period: goal number 70, a mark no player had ever reached at this championship. Rory Guilday tapped in her first goal of the tournament for 10-0 and Harvey completed her hat trick late in the third. Annika Fazokas scored Austria’s consolation with 5:25 remaining, the first goal the United States had conceded in three games. USA Hockey’s game notes put the shots at 66-5.
A Goals Record With Clear Air Behind It
Knight has owned this record for five years, and Monday was about how far clear of the field she now sits. She took the all-time lead in 2021, when her 45th career goal at the worlds passed the previous mark held by Cammi Granato, as Daily Faceoff’s record account documents. Granato finished her career with 44. Guinness World Records listed Knight’s total at 67 as of April 2025, and her 68th goal against Switzerland on Friday and two more on Monday have now carried her to 70.
The goals record is only half of her hold on this tournament’s history. Knight, 37 and captaining the United States at her 16th world championship, is also the event’s all-time points leader, a record she took from Canada’s Hayley Wickenheiser in 2022. Her club home underlines the Canadian connection in her game: USA Hockey lists her with PWHL Detroit, in the league whose Canadian teams and crowds have made the women’s pro game a cross-border property.
Harvey Hat Trick And A Second Record In The Same Game
Knight’s was not the only record to move on Monday. Harvey, Knight’s teammate and a defender for the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the PWHL, finished with three goals and an assist and was named the U.S. Player of the Game, per USA Hockey’s tournament insider. Behind them, Aerin Frankel earned the decision in goal and with it her 17th career Women’s Worlds victory, passing Jessie Vetter as the winningest American goaltender in the tournament’s history. Frankel made two saves before Gwyneth Philips took over midway through the game, also making two saves.
Head coach John Wroblewski credited the group’s legs on a short turnaround, telling USA Hockey: “Back-to-back games are always physically demanding. I’m proud of how our team came out in the first and kept pushing the entire 60 minutes.” The context on the other side matters too: Austria is playing in the top division for the first time, Monday was its first ever meeting with the United States, and its late goal stands as the program’s first against the Americans.
Canada Answers In Herning, Czechia Is Next
The other half of women’s hockey’s defining rivalry kept pace in Herning. Canada beat host Denmark 10-0 in Herning on Monday, with 18 of its 20 skaters registering at least a point, to stay perfect at 3-0 alongside the Americans. The two programs have decided the last two global titles between them: the United States beat Canada 4-3 in overtime in the 2025 world final and took Olympic gold over Canada, again in overtime, at the Milan Cortina Games in February.
The United States closes its preliminary round on Wednesday, November 11, against Czechia, with puck drop set for 1 p.m. ET on NHL Network, per USA Hockey’s schedule. Canada finishes group play the same day against Finland. The gold medal game is set for November 16, and on the evidence of Monday, when the two favourites combined to win 21-1, the road to it still runs through both of them. Knight’s record, meanwhile, is live for at least two more games in Denmark, and every goal she adds from here extends a number that may stand for a generation.
