US clinch ice hockey gold with overtime winner

Megan Keller scores in overtime to clinch Winter Olympic gold for the United States in a last-gasp 2-1 win over great rivals Canada.

The United States women's hockey team secured its third Olympic gold medal by defeating Canada 2-1 in a thrilling overtime match at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. Megan Keller scored the decisive goal, clinching the victory for the U.S.

Hilary Knight led the U.S. women’s hockey team to a gold medal victory over Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, setting two significant U.S. Olympic records in the process. Knight, who captains both Team USA and the Seattle Torrent, scored a crucial late goal that tied the game and sent it into overtime, ultimately helping secure a 2-1 win.

Minnesota celebrated a momentous victory as the U.S. women's hockey team, featuring eight players with Minnesota ties, triumphed over Canada in a thrilling 2-1 overtime match to win Olympic gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games. This marked redemption for the team after falling short in the previous Olympics and ended Minnesota's Olympic gold drought.

That’s when Knight added a bold-faced exclamation point to her spectacular career, deflecting a Laila Edwards slap shot from the high slot through her legs and past Canadian goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens to send the game to overtime, and the U.S. won 2-1 on Megan Keller’s goal 4 minutes 7 seconds into the extra period. “There was no way we were losing this game,” Knight said. “That’s all. Simple as that.” The goal was Knight’s 15th in Olympic competition, breaking the American record she shared with Natalie Darwitz and Katie King. It was also her 33rd point in the Olympics, breaking a record she shared with Jenny Porter. More importantly, however, it made her one of six American women to win multiple Olympic golds in hockey. The other five also played in Thursday’s game.

Taylor Heise was tired, and she knew Megan Keller could skate fast. The end result was the golden goal in overtime that gave the U.S. an emotional victory over Canada in the women’s hockey final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday night. Keller’s 3-on-3 goal 4:07 into overtime was a highlight-reel masterpiece from start to finish. It started with a perfect, nearly 100-foot outlet pass from Heise behind her own goal line to Keller just past the center red line.

In Hilary Knight's last Olympics, she came up clutch yet again. Veteran defenseman Megan Keller scored the golden goal in 3-on-3 overtime Thursday as the United States women's hockey team won Olympic gold by beating archrival Canada 2-1. "If you had to play against her and practice against her, Megan Keller can really do it all," veteran defenseman Lee Stecklein said. "To see that move under pressure like that, just incredible." That moment wouldn't have been possible without Knight, who deflected a shot from defenseman Laila Edwards with the goalie pulled for the game-tying goal with 2:04 remaining in the third period to give life to Team USA.

In a dramatic overtime victory at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, the U.S. women's hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 to claim their third Olympic gold medal in women's hockey. Megan Keller scored the game-winning goal after Hilary Knight's late equalizer.

The United States women's hockey team is golden. Megan Keller put home the game-winning goal in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics gold-medal contest against rival Canada in overtime, placing Team USA on top in a 2-1 thriller on Thursday. Keller made a fantastic move to get past defender Claire Thompson and pushed the puck past Ann-Renée Desbiens for the clinching goal to conclude the women's hockey tournament at the Games. Keller's teammates scrambled to embrace her after she secured Team USA's first gold medal since the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.