"Theodore's shot through traffic beating Juuse Saros with 9:26 left in regulation brought the bench and a crowd full of red and white back to life after going quiet when Mikko Rantanen scored first for Finland, which then went up by two on Erik Haula's shorthanded goal. MacKinnon's power play goal set off a celebration as the team from the birthplace of the sport will look to win its third consecutive title at the Games when NHL players participate."
"Connor McDavid, wearing the "C" in the absence of injured captain Sidney Crosby, made a perfect saucer pass over Finland penalty killer Roope Hintz's stick to MacKinnon for another memorable goal for Canada in Milan. It held up on video review after Finland challenged that the play was offside. Moments before MacKinnon scored, Saros made a nifty blocker save to deny the Colorado Avalanche star, who was high-sticked by Niko Mikkola to put Canada on the power play."
Canada came from behind to defeat Finland 3-2 in the Olympic semifinal in Milan. Finland opened the scoring through Mikko Rantanen and extended the lead with Erik Haula's shorthanded goal. Canada responded in the second with Sam Reinhart tipping Cale Makar's shot to cut the deficit and dominated the period in shots. Shea Theodore tied the game with 9:26 remaining, and Nathan MacKinnon scored the decisive power-play goal with 35.2 seconds left. Juuse Saros made several key saves for Finland, and a video review upheld MacKinnon's goal after a Finnish challenge.
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