It was Hilary Knight who provided the U.S. women’s hockey team with a chance of Olympic gold with a late-third-period game-tying goal against Canada.
It was Megan Keller, one of her alternate captains, who provided the game-winner for the United States in overtime.
Keller broke several ankles of Canada’s defense for a chip shot into the back of the net just over four minutes into overtime inside the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Thursday, Feb. 19 to give the United States the 2-1 gold medal win at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
It is the third-ever Olympic gold medal for the United States in women’s hockey, and the first since they took down Canada in the gold medal game at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The United States’ first gold medal came in 1998 at the Nagano Winter Olympics, when they also beat Canada.
Team USA had to play from behind in Thursday’s game after Kristin O’Neill scored a shorthanded goal for Canada in the second period. Knight tied the game at 1-1 with her record-breaking 19th Olympic career goal with 2:04 remaining in the third period.
Thursday’s win caps off a perfect 7-0 championship run for the United States in Milan, where it outscored its opponents 33-2.
U.S. women’s hockey scores at 2026 Winter Olympics
Here’s a full list of scores from U.S. women’s hockey games at the 2026 Winter Olympics:
Group A Play: United States 5, Czechia 1
Group A Play: United States 5, Finland 0
Group A Play: United States 5, Switzerland 0
Group A Play: United States 5, Canada 0
Quarterfinals: United States 6, Italy 0
Semifinals: United States 5, Sweden 0
Gold medal game: United States 2, Canada 1 (OT)
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