Team USA comes back from behind to defeat Canada 2-1 in overtime Milan Cortina Winter Games 2026 Won their third Olympic gold medal in women’s ice hockey.
Trailing 0-1 entering the third quarter, the United States tied the game late in the third quarter and scored the winning goal in overtime, avenging their loss in the finals four years ago. This is the seventh gold medal game between these two hockey powerhouses and the fifth in a row.
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Captain America Hilary Knight Taking her final game at the Olympics to overtime, the game was tied.
Knight deflected Laila Edwards’ shot past Ann-Renee Desbiens with 2:04 left in the game and the U.S. skated 6-on-5 with goaltender Aerin Frankel adding an extra attacker. It was her 15th goal in the Olympics and the most in team history.
U.S. No. 21 Hilary Knight celebrates with teammates after scoring in the third period of the U.S. women’s gold medal game against Canada. / Photo credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Kristin O’Neill scored on a shorthanded goal less than a minute into the second period and Canada ended the U.S.’s undefeated streak at 352:17. Desbiens and Frankel kept making saves in a back-and-forth game that was more competitive than the first meeting in the qualifying round, when the U.S. beat Canada 5-0.
The United States defeated its opponents by a score of 31-1 and easily qualified for the tournament.
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Since women’s hockey made its debut at the 1998 Nagano Games, the U.S. and Canadian teams have met in every Olympic final except one – in Turin in 2006, which Canada won.
Knight, 36, has announced that this will be her U.S.-record fifth and final Olympics, where she is expected to add a second gold medal to her three silver medals. The game came a day after Knight proposed to American speed skater Brittany Bowe.
The defending Olympic champion Canadian team lost 0-5 to the United States in the preliminaries and defeated the Swiss team 2-1 to advance to the final. The Canadian team has shown signs of aging in the game.
The loss to the United States was the most lopsided and the first time the Canadian women’s team has been shut out of an Olympic competition.
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Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin returned to the starting lineup after missing two games, including the loss to the United States, with a right knee injury.
Switzerland beat Sweden in overtime in the bronze medal match thanks to another crucial goal from Alina Muller.
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