Overview
- Jack Hughes scored 1:41 into 3‑on‑3 overtime to secure a 2-1 victory, and Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves in a standout performance.
- The final featured best‑on‑best NHL talent for the first time since 2014, with debate following over the 3‑on‑3 format used to decide gold.
- Canada played without injured captain Sidney Crosby as Jordan Binnington stopped 26 shots in a game where Canada outshot the United States.
- The United States finished the Games with a national‑record 12 gold medals, while Klæbo’s six golds lifted Norway to 18 golds and the top of the table.
- Team USA honored the late Johnny Gaudreau by carrying his jersey and including his children in the team photo, and elsewhere heavy snow delayed Eileen Gu’s halfpipe final and an Austrian four‑man bobsleigh crash left pilot Jakob Mandlbauer stretchered off.