U.S. beats Canada in thrilling and nail-biting gold medal final at Winter Olympics

The U.S. men’s hockey team beat Canada 2-1 in a thrilling and nail-biting Olympic final game exactly 46 years ago after Team USA beat the Soviet Union on the road to its last gold medal.

The U.S got ahead early in the game with a goal from Matt Boldy exactly 6 minutes into the game. He got the puck from Auston Matthews, batted it to himself off his stick blade to maneuver between Canadian defensemen Devon Toews and Cale Makar. He then slid a backhand past goalie Jordan Binnington.

It took Canada until nearly the end of the second period to tie up the game with a goal from Makar, with an assist from Toews.

There were plenty of chances for each team to win the final. The U.S. had more than three minutes of power play time past the midway point of the third after Sam Bennett high-sticked Jack Hughes, who then high-sticked Nick Suzuki to give Canada the same advantage.

The teams went to overtime with the score tied at 1-1.

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