Team Canada and Team USA met in the gold medal game on Sunday morning, which was the first opportunity for Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki to enjoy success at the Winter Olympic Games.
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Hey say, can you score?
The Americans started brightly and scored their first goal of the game, a very familiar situation for many Habs fans.
Matt Boldy not only opened the scoring, he also beat both Cale Makar and Devon Toews before beating Jordan Binnington with a brilliant move. Team USA captain Auston Matthews and Minnesota Wild superstar Quinn Hughes were awarded assists in the game.
Considering the impressive talent levels of both teams, scoring the first goal of the game gave the Americans the biggest advantage, while Canada was forced to play behind the eight ball for a significant portion of the game.
Hockey🏒| Final 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 Matt Boldy gave the Americans the lead.
The score is 1–0 to the United States in the gold medal game.@hockeycanada #MilanoCortina2026 #rcsports #Hockey #olympic games #teamcanada pic.twitter.com/sxN9F7mm6Y
- Radio-Canada Sports (@RC_Sports) 22 February 2026
solving hellebuyck
With Canada down 1-0, he showed great performance in the pace department, forcing the United States to take back-to-back penalties, increasing time at 5-on-3 for Team Canada. However, despite controlling the game at 5v5, Canada created very few high-quality chances on the powerplay.
When Canada finally created a high-danger scoring chance, Connor Hellebuyck shut them down with ease. Without his heroic effort throughout the game, there is a very good chance that Team Canada would have found the net on multiple occasions.
It took an excellent shot by Calle Makar, not to mention a strong effort from Suzuki on the boards, which ultimately tied the game at the end of the second period.
Suzuki wasn't given an assist on the play, although you could easily argue he deserved the assist.
Hockey - Final 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 Cale Makar 🇨🇦 ties the score at the end of the second period! It's 1-1. ➡️@hockeycanada#MilanoCortina2026 #rcsports #Hockey #olympic games #teamcanada pic.twitter.com/cq4BCh9HqT
- Radio-Canada Sports (@RC_Sports) 22 February 2026
golden goal
Canada defeated the United States 40–26 in regulation, but as per tradition, the teams required extra time to decide which team would be victorious.
Then New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes gained additional fame in less than two minutes, securing the gold medal for Team USA.
Hockey – Final 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 Jack Hughes scores in overtime to give the United States a 2–1 victory, the first Olympic gold medal for the Americans since 1980.
Canada will have to settle for a medal.@hockeycanada#MilanoCortina2026 #rcsports #Hockey… pic.twitter.com/vbnaAXbd09
- Radio-Canada Sports (@RC_Sports) 22 February 2026
