#womens-ice-hockey

#womens-ice-hockey

Until late in the contest, it appeared that a second-period goal from O'Neill might be enough to lift the Canadians to gold. O'Neill, playing in her first Olympics, scored her third goal of the tournament less than a minute into the second period, while the U.S. was on a power play. But U.S. star Hilary Knight scored late in the third period to send the game to overtime, and Megan Keller scored the gold-medal-winning goal less than five minutes into the extra period.

Megan Keller scored the gold-medal-winning goal 4:07 into overtime to lift the United States to a remarkable 2-1 victory over Canada for the Olympic title at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina on Thursday. Keller took a long stretch pass and made a nifty deke through Claire Thompson before slipping the puck under Canadian goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens for an instantly iconic golden goal.

They had never been held scoreless before in the Olympics, and the 5-0 final score was the biggest deficit a Canadian Olympic team has ever had against the USA men's or women's. With the win, Team USA clinched an undefeated run through group play and now has all the momentum as the No. 1 seed heading into the quarterfinals, where it will face host country Italy.

Shiffrin will ski for the first time at this Olympics in the women's team combined event, which is making its Olympic debut. She will ski a slalom run, and teammate Breezy Johnson -- who won gold in downhill Sunday -- will ski a downhill run. The pair won the world title in this event last year. Team USA will take on longtime rival Canada in women's hockey with both sides so far undefeated in Milan.