Washington Capitals stars Tom Wilson and Logan Thompson will get a chance at Olympic gold. It came after Team Canada once again rallied to defeat Finland 3-2 in the semi-finals on Friday.
Wilson played a key role in the victory, as he helped assist Shea Theodore on the game-tying goal. The 31-year-old placed the puck in the zone and sent it toward the goal. Finally, Theodore got the breakthrough and gave a point shot to Zeus Saros to make the score 2–2.
Wilson was also very physical again, throwing his body around and showing off his two-way game. The Capitals alternate captain has really made his presence felt on the Olympic stage.
With the game tied 2–2 at regulation time, Canada resorted to the power play with a chance to score. Then Nathan MacKinnon recorded the game-winner with 36 seconds remaining. Canada’s first goal was scored by Sam Reinhart.
Wilson finished the game with one assist and a plus-1 rating in 12:47 of ice time. He has four points with 29 penalty minutes in five matches so far in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Thompson has still only appeared in one game for Canada, serving as backup to Jordan Binnington. In that one game versus Switzerland, the Capitals netminder stopped 24 of 25 shots for the win with a .960 save percentage.
Canada will now await the winner of USA-Slovakia to advance to the gold medal game on Sunday. If the Slovaks win, Wilson and Thompson will face their Capitals teammate Martin Fehrváry.
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