USA women's hockey team brings Olympic gold back home in OT thriller over Canada

The women's hockey golden medal is coming backmost to the United States.

Came backmost from a precocious shortage to triumph a 2-1 thriller successful overtime implicit their archnemesis successful Canada.

The Americans started the 2nd play connected a powerfulness play from a punishment astatine the extremity of the first, but it was Canada who scored shorthanded for the archetypal extremity of the game. It was the archetypal extremity the Americans allowed successful the tournmanent ending a agelong of 3 hours, 52 minutes, and 7 seconds of shutout hockey.

Megan Keller of Team United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring the game-winning extremity to triumph the golden medals successful the overtime during the Women's Gold Medal lucifer betwixt the United States and Canada connected time 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 19, 2026, successful Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The Canadians got connected the powerfulness play precocious successful the 3rd portion inactive keeping the Americans scoreless, but the U.S. was capable to termination it disconnected with conscionable implicit 4 minutes to go. With the puck successful Canada's portion and astir 2:30 to go, the Americans pulled their goalie and the hazard proved worthy, arsenic skipper Hilary Knight deflected a wrister from the apical of the portion to necktie the crippled and yet unit overtime. After regulation, shots were 29-28 successful favour of Canada.

Hilary Knight #21 of Team United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring a extremity successful the 3rd play during the Women's Gold Medal lucifer betwixt the United States and Canada connected time 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 19, 2026 successful Milan, Italy.  (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Four minutes and 7 seconds into the overtime period, Megan Keller pulled disconnected a nifty determination and squeaked the puck past the Canadian goaltender to sphere the gold.

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