Team USA’s women’s hockey squad delivered a gut-check performance Thursday night, storming back late in regulation before burying their longtime rivals from the north in sudden-death overtime to capture Olympic gold with a dramatic 2–1 victory.
After trailing deep into the third period, Team USA forced overtime when captain Hilary Knight found the back of the net in the final minutes of regulation to tie the game at 1–1 and keep America’s gold medal hopes alive.
From there, it became a winner-take-all battle in 3-on-3 sudden-death overtime, where one goal would determine who stood atop the hockey world for the next four years.
And Team USA didn’t waste its opportunity.
With the Olympic arena roaring and the stakes at their absolute peak, the Americans capitalized in overtime to secure the golden goal, sealing a 2–1 win over Canada and reclaiming supremacy in women’s hockey in the latest chapter of the fiercest rivalry in international sport.
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BREAKING: Olympic crowd goes absolutely BALLISTIC when US women’s hockey team scores a goal in overtime, BEATING Canada and winning the Olympic gold medal, 2-1
This is one of the BIGGEST rivalries in international sports.
CONGRATS, Team USA!
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 19, 2026
Fox News reported:
The women’s hockey gold medal is coming back to the United States.
The Americans came back from a late deficit to win a 2-1 thriller in overtime over their archnemesis in Canada.
The Americans started the second period on a power play from a penalty at the end of the first, but it was Canada who scored shorthanded for the first goal of the game. It was the first goal the Americans allowed in the knockout stage, ending a stretch of three hours, 52 minutes and seven seconds of shutout hockey.
The Canadians got on the power play late in the third while still keeping the Americans scoreless, but the U.S. was able to kill it off with just over four minutes to go. With the puck in Canada’s zone and about 2:30 to go, the Americans pulled their goalie, and the risk proved worthy, as captain Hilary Knight deflected a wrister from the top of the zone to tie the game and eventually force overtime. After regulation, shots were 29-28 in favor of Canada.
Four minutes and seven seconds into the overtime period, Megan Keller pulled off a nifty move and squeaked the puck past the Canadian goaltender to preserve the gold. It’s the Americans’ first gold medal since 2018.
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