"The Danish defenseman beat U.S. goaltender Jeremy Swayman from just inside the red line, finding the top corner of the net short side and giving the Danes the lead with 8:44 remaining in the period. While the CBC panel believed Swayman lost sight of the puck due to the dark green-colored sideboards, the Boston Bruins goaltender explained that the reason was something else."
""No [I didn't see it], it was a flash screen," Swayman said per the New York Post's Mollie Walker. "It was just the perfect height, right between that stands and board level. I truly lost it... No matter how they go in, you have to step up and stop the next one." When pressed on whether the boards had any impact, Swayman was emphatic that they did not. "I'm colorblind, so it doesn't matter to me," he said."
Denmark briefly led the United States 2-1 after the first intermission when Nicholas B. Jensen scored a long-range goal from just inside the red line. The goal beat U.S. goaltender Jeremy Swayman and marked Jensen's first Olympic goal; Jensen also played for Denmark in 2022 and skates for Fischtown Pinguins in Germany. Swayman said he lost sight of the puck to a flash screen and added that being colorblind meant the boards' color did not matter. The United States rallied in the second period with goals from Brady Tkachuk, Jack Eichel and Noah Hanfin, and later Jake Guentzel and Jack Hughes sealed the win despite Phillip Bruggisser's late buzzer-beater to make it 4-3.
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