Watch: Canada's Poulin scores on penalty shot
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Team Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin buried a clutch goal on a penalty shot during Tuesday's matchup against Team USA.
Poulin picked off a pass in the defensive zone while shorthanded before turning on the jets to draw the penalty.
PENALTY SHOT
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Marie-Philip Poulin will take the shot for Canada pic.twitter.com/iSQSsW29HF
Poulin then beat American goalie Maddie Rooney blocker side.
MARIE-PHILIP POULIN 🔥🔥🔥
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Captain Clutch with a NASTY penalty shot goal to make it
🇨🇦 4-2 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/xfOaMQDpog
It marked the first penalty-shot goal in women's Olympic hockey history and proved to be the final goal of the game, as Canada held on for the 4-2 win.
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