Poulin stars as Canada beat Switzerland to set up women's hockey final with USA

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/canada/Aq5hyMur/"]Canada[/a] have never missed the title game since ‌the women's tournament joined the Olympic programme and they ‌kept that streak alive as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/poulin-marie-philip/UaF9oUvR/"]Poulin[/a] made history, breaking the ‌women's all-time scoring record with her 19th and 20th ‌goals at the Games.[/p][p]The defending champions will look to pick up a sixth gold against a talented young US team in ‌the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/canada-Aq5hyMur/usa-hhS4ztel/?mid=8C1FavNP"]final on Thursday[/a].[/p][p]Forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/enzler-rahel/6RTLtMA0/"]Rahel Enzler[/a] put ⁠one on the board ‌for the Swiss early in the third period but they could ​not match Canada’s firepower, as they were outshot 46-8.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/switzerland/zJQ7juAs/"]Switzerland[/a] will play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/bcZueL1Q/"]Sweden[/a] for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/sweden-bcZueL1Q/switzerland-zJQ7juAs/?mid=t69TyyVI"]bronze on ​Thursday[/a].[/p][p]Canada’s “Captain Clutch” Poulin missed the final two group games with a knee injury but it scarcely looked like it ⁠as she plotted ​her path to the Olympic record after a scoreless first period at Santagiulia arena.[/p][embed guid="d8398d1e-87b7-47f7-af1c-0754b81fee44" url="https://x.com/HockeyCanada/status/2023524170169283062" social-type="twitter" /][p]She clinched her 19th career goal at the Games with a nifty slap shot that hopped ‌off the ice and over Swiss [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/glauser-andrea/6DzvsbXa/"]Andrea Braendli[/a]'s pad to open the scoring as she surpassed compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wickenheiser-hayley/UemLM5gd/"]Hayley Wickenheiser[/a]'s previous goal-scoring mark, sending the maple leaf flags fluttering around the stands.[/p][p]She added another less than seven minutes later, pushing the puck in as she dived forward in a chaotic scene at the crease.[/p][p]Poulin bodied Swiss forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zimmermann-laura/06y8JP7F/"]Laura Zimmermann[/a] into the boards four minutes later but avoided ‌a major penalty call that would have derailed her ​dream evening, spending two minutes in the sin bin ‌for the move.[/p][p]Switzerland had surprised Nordic titans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/SOZGXwu7/"]Finland[/a] in the quarter-finals but could not keep up the momentum on Monday, as Enzler's shot off an assist from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muller-alina/zJwfmwNL/"]Alina Muller[/a] early in the third period offered ⁠nothing more than a ⁠fleeting ray of hope.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/canada-Aq5hyMur/switzerland-zJQ7juAs/?mid=QDRAgWGa"]Check out the match summary here[/a][/b].[/p]