United States' Joy Dunne, right, celebrates after scoring her side's second goal during a preliminary round match of women's ice hockey between Switzerland and United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

MILAN (AP) — Caroline Harvey and Joy Dunne each had a goal and two assists, Gwyneth Philips stopped 20 shots in her Olympic debut, and the United States defeated Switzerland 5-0 in the women’s hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday.

Alex Carpenter, Hannah Bilka and Haley Winn also scored, and the Americans improved to 3-0 a day before the tournament favorites close their Group A preliminary round schedule against border rival Canada. Captain Hilary Knight had two assists to increase her Olympic career point total to 31 — one short of matching the U.S. record set by Jenny Potter.

Canada beat Czechia 5-1 later in the evening but Marie-Philip Poulin, the defending Olympic champion’s captain, did not return after limping off in the first period. It’s not clear if Poulin — nicknamed “Captain Clutch” for scoring three Olympic gold medal-clinching goals — will be available to play on Tuesday.

Philips’ shutout was shared by Ava McNaughton, who stopped one shot upon entering the game with under two minutes left. The U.S. has allowed just one goal in three outings and posted consecutive shutouts following Aerin Frankel’s 11-save outing in a 5-0 win over Finland on Saturday.

Switzerland dropped to 1-2 in being shut out for the second straight outing following a 4-0 loss to Canada on Saturday. Andrea Braendli was sharp in stopping 45 shots, including 35 of the first 37 she faced before the Americans scored three times on six shots over the first 7:42 of the third period.

Winn opened the scoring 6:04 in, by driving to the front of the net and redirecting in Harvey’s centering pass. Dunne score 5:52 into the second period by forcing a turnover behind the Swiss net and then banking in a shot off the skate of Switzerland defender Stefanie Wetli.

Philips made several big saves in the first period despite facing only six shots. She kicked out her left skate just in time to stop a shot from Ivana Wey in the opening minute. Some 12 1/2 minutes in, Philips got her glove up to foil Rahel Enzler, who was set up on the doorstep.

Poulin exited hurt in the first period and her team responded with a rush of goals.

Canada was leading 1-0 on Kristin O’Neill’s goal when Poulin left the game. Canada’s “Captain Clutch” had been rocked by an illegal hit from Kristyna Kaltounkova and then seemed to be keeping weight off her right leg as she left the ice seconds into her next shift.

The Canadians scored twice in a minute soon after, with goals by Laura Stacey and Sarah Fillier prompting the Czechs to pull starting goalie Julie Pejsova for Michaela Hesova.

Julia Gosling made it 4-0 at the end of the first period and scored Canada’s fifth early in the second.

Canada moved to 2-0 for the tournament but was denied a second shutout when Natalie Mlynkova scored for the Czechs.

After playing the U.S. today, Canada faces Finland on Thursday in a game which was postponed last week following a virus outbreak on the Finnish team.

Host nation Italy secured a place in the quarterfinals for the first time by beating Japan 3-2 on Monday.