The American's 2026 Winter Olympics hopes were on the line in overtime when Quinn Hughes came though with a game-winning goal.

The American women will face Canada in a gold medal showdown on Thursday. For their captain, it will be the end of an iconic Olympic career.

Women's Olympic ice hockey tournament. The gold medal final is set, as the dominant United States squad will face rival Canada in the Olympic final for the fifth straight games. C

SportsLine's expert Mike Tierney reveals his United States vs. Canada picks for their Winter Olympics women's hockey gold-medal matchup on Thursday

The United States and Canada square off for gold for the seventh time in Olympic history. Team USA owns the better record at the Milan Cortina Games, but Canada, the winningest women's hockey nation in Olympic history,

The U.S. and Canada are moving on to the semifinals at the Olympics. Each needed extra hockey to get through the quarterfinals. Quinn Hughes scored in overtime to put the U.S. past Sweden 2-1 after giving up the tying goal to Mika Zibanejad with 91 seconds left in the third period.

Now that the qualification round is over, the road there is a lot tougher for one of them than the other. Here's how I see the Olympic men's medal round shaking out, with one big upset and some great hockey to be witnessed.

Keep up with all the men's hockey action on the ice at the 2026 Winter Olympics as four quarterfinals matches are played.