USA tops Canada in OT thriller to win Olympic gold: Live updates

MILAN — The U.S. women’s national hockey team is golden once again. 

Team USA has appeared in all but one gold medal match since women’s hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Nagano Games — each time facing off against the Canadians — but the Americans have only walked away with two gold medals. Make that three.

Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 19 to capture gold, marking the Americans’ first Olympic gold medal since the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, which the U.S. won in a shootout.

The Americans trailed much of the contest, before Hilary Knight scored an equalizer with less than three minutes remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime. 

Megan Keller's sudden-death goal in overtime clinched the win.