Chelsea Carey with vice-skip Amy Nixon, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters gave the North American team a much-needed point with an 8-6 win over Team World’s Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan this evening.

That brought the first day of action to a close and left the two teams level with 4.5 points each.

Team Carey had a 4-0 lead through two ends, but the Japanese clawed back with a point in the third end and a steal of three in the fourth.

But two points in both of the sixth and eighth ends secured victory for the North Americans.

In this evening's other games, North America’s Reid Carruthers stole single points in the sixth and seventh ends and two more in the eighth to claim a 7-3 win over Rasmus Stjerne of Denmark while Niklas Edin of Sweden defeated North America’s Heath McCormick 6-3.

In the morning session, Anna Hasselborg’s Swedish women’s team scored three in the second end as they claimed a 6-4 triumph over North America’s Jamie Sinclair.

The win by Hasselborg helped the rest of the world race into an early lead.

As they bid to end a four-year losing streak, the rest of the world won two of the three games this morning, and earned a half in the other to take a 2.5-0.5 lead. 

However, North America bounced back with two emphatic mixed doubles victories and a single defeat to cut the deficit to 3.5-2.5 after the afternoon session before this evening's matches brought the action to a close at 4.5 apiece.

The annual competition pits six rinks from the United States and Canada against six from the rest of the world, with traditional team games, mixed doubles and skins matches all part of the event at the Orleans Arena.

A total of 60 points will be available from the three disciplines being contested in Las Vegas, meaning the side that earns more than 30 points will be declared the champion.

Described as curling's version of golf's Ryder Cup, points are won for each victory with the North Americans claiming a narrow 30½–29½ success at the 2016 event, which was also held in Las Vegas.

Action continues tomorrow with a further nine matches with mixed doubles and men's and women's team matches.