Knight netted the fourth goal in the 5-0 win, as the squad cruised to victory over a visibly weakened Finnish women’s hockey team. The captain said didn’t realize the top shelf score tied her with retired U.S. players Natalie Darwitz and Katie King for the goals record.
“I had no idea. I just love scoring, and that pure elation of finding the back of the net. It’s a little-kid moment. When you score, it’s pure excitement,” Knight said. “Those are legendary players and just to be in the same sentence as them is super special,” she added.
Let’s not forget the Olympian also set a record as soon as she stepped on the ice at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, as she became the first hockey player to compete in five Winter Olympics. And it’s no secret she’s in hot pursuit of a record-tying fifth Olympic medal.
Though, immediately next on tap for Knight could be shattering the U.S. women’s Olympic points record (32). Currently, she’s sits just three points behind Hall of Famer Jenny Potter in the all-time Olympic points standings.
Needless to say, there’s lots more history to be written and re-written by Knight during these Games.
“I want her to score more than anyone else. I thought she was going to have it in the third period, she had a good look, but there’s no doubt she is going to break that record any time now,” Megan Keller, who assisted Knight’s goal and had one of her own, said about the captain.
