Canada's Kerri Einarson posted a 13-2 win over Nicky Kaufman of the Northwest Territories on Wednesday to secure a playoff spot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Einarson scored four points in the second end and never trailed in the round-robin matchup at Paramount Fine Foods Centre. The four-time national women's curling champion improved to 6-1.
"I've been feeling really good," Einarson said. "We only had one game where we were on the wrong side of the inch and we couldn't buy a shot. But that happens sometimes and our last two games we've really come back and been playing well."
Einarson was in second place in Pool A behind Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes (6-0), the lone team to beat the Canada side.
In other early games, Taylour Stevens of Nova Scotia outscored British Columbia's Taylor Reese-Hansen 11-10 in an extra end and Saskatchewan's Jolene Campbell beat Yukon's Bayly Scoffin 10-4.
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Ontario's Hailey Armstrong needed an extra end to complete an 8-5 win over Quebec's Jolianne Fortin.
Armstrong, who shot a game-low 63 per cent, had hammer in the 11th and made a game-winning hit for the victory.
"A lot of pressure, the heartbeat is going," Armstrong said. "I'm just happy that I had a hit, to be honest, and just picked it out. We're a drawing team as well but we're a really good hitting team.
"So that was my shot of choice. So I liked that."
Stevens and Armstrong remained tied in third place at 4-2. Campbell was next at 3-3.
The top three teams in each nine-team pool will qualify for the playoffs starting Friday.
Pool B leader Beth Peterson of Manitoba (5-0) was scheduled to meet Kayla Skrlik of Alberta on Wednesday afternoon. Another session was scheduled for the evening.
Nova Scotia's Christina Black was behind Peterson at 5-1. Alberta's Selena Sturmay was third at 4-1 ahead of Northern Ontario's Krista Scharf at 3-3.
The final is scheduled for Sunday. The winning team will represent Canada at the world women's curling championship in March at Calgary.
