She is one of the most decorated players in the history of U.S. women's hockey, with multiple Olympic medals including the gold the program waited twenty years to reclaim in 2018, and a string of World Championship titles that confirmed her excellence across different eras of the game. She scores with power and positions with intelligence, a combination that made her dangerous at every level she played. But the full measure of what Knight contributed cannot be taken from stats alone. She was a central figure in the formation of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association in 2019, among the most visible faces of a collective decision to step away from the existing professional league and demand something built to a real standard. The players built it. The PWHL launched in 2024, and Knight was there.

Knight has been as deliberate off the ice as she is on it. She lives openly with her partner, speed skater and Olympic medalist Brittany Bowe, and has used her platform with the same intention she brings to everything else, understanding that who sees you matters as much as what you do. When the history of American women's hockey is written, Knight's name will be at the top of the page.