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Team captain Austin Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs also had a goal.
The score could have been even more one-sided, but the U.S.
had two goals disallowed following a pair of challenges by Latvia, one for offsides, the other for goaltender interference.
This is the first time since 2014 that NHL players have been allowed to compete at the Winter Games.
and Canada are the two favorites.
Many expect them to meet in the gold medal match.
The Canadian men won their first game here, 5-0 over Czechia.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
It was a dramatic end to Chloe Kim's gold medal dominance.
She took the lead in the first run and appeared on her way to a three-peat.
But in the third and final run, South Korea's Choi Ga-eun came through with the performance of her life.
Her score of 90.25 beat Kim's best of 88.
The 17-year-old had fallen on her first run.
Kim said she walked up to her to give her encouragement.
Khloe Kim said she is proud of her sport's new champion.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
In her fourth and final Olympics, Jessie Diggins fought through pain to win her fourth Olympic medal, a bronze, in the women's 10,000-meter cross-country event.
It came just five days after she injured her ribs in a crash during the women's skiathlon.
When Diggins crossed the finish line, she fell, grabbing her right side.