Germany blanks Austria as Denmark rallies past Japan in shootout

At the women’s ice hockey world championship, Germany opened its campaign with a 2-0 win over Austria, with Katarina Jobst-Smith scoring both goals. Denmark rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Japan 3-2 in a shootout, keeping its hopes of reaching the quarterfinals alive. Japan led through two first-period goals from Umeka Odaira, but Nikita Bergmann and 17-year-old Teresa Christensen—who tied the game late in regulation—sent it to overtime, and Frederikke Foss scored the shootout winner.