Connor Hellebuyck turned in one of the most dominant goaltending performances in Olympic history, stopping 41 shots to lift Team USA past Canada 2-1 in overtime at Milano Cortina. The Winnipeg Jets star made the save of the tournament in the second period when he somehow reached behind himself to deny Devon Toews on what should have been an empty-netter, a moment that may have decided the entire game.

Cale Makar, the Avalanche Norris machine and Canada's alternate captain, finally unleashes his signature wrister late in the second period to knot up the gold-medal thriller against the U.S. With Bo Horvat winning the draw and Devon Toews - his Avs blue-line buddy - feeding the puck, Makar picks the short side on Connor Hellebuyck to send a nation into delirium. That goal keeps Canada's Olympic dreams alive in a game where they've tilted the ice but struggled to crack the Americans' wall.

Colorado's core - Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Devon Toews - suit up for Canada in the gold medal showdown against a loaded U.S. squad featuring their own teammate Brock Nelson. Makar coughs up a neutral zone turnover that sparks the decisive American rush, while MacKinnon rims an open net in the third that haunts every replay. Nelson carries the family legacy to the top podium, but these Avs stars taste silver heartbreak on a night echoing Lake Placid's miracle 46 years to the day.

Team USA's men's hockey squad finally cracks the code against Canada in a nail-biting overtime battle at the Milan Olympics, snapping a 46-year drought since the Miracle on Ice. Matt Boldy, the Wild sniper making his Olympic debut, torches defenders Cale Makar and Devon Toews on the game's first shot to ignite the crowd and set the tone early. With NHL stars like Auston Matthews and Quinn Hughes pulling strings, this victory caps a historic sweep of golds for the U.S.

Jack Hughes rips a wrist shot past Jordan Binnington just 1:41 into overtime, capping a thriller where Connor Hellebuyck stones Connor McDavid on a breakaway and Devon Toews in the clutch. Team USA, fueled by Matt Boldy's early snipe and a perfect penalty kill, stares down a Canada squad gunning for three straight golds in NHLers' Olympics. This first U.S. men's gold since the Miracle on Ice carries massive weight for these Devils, Jets, and Avs stars heading back to NHL rinks.

Connor Hellebuyck channels that Vezina fire with a desperation stick save on Devon Toews and stones Connor McDavid on a breakaway, the kind of stops that echo his Hart Trophy grit from last season. Everyone in Winnipeg's front office remembers those playoff pulls against St. Louis, but here he stares down Canada's barrage to keep USA's gold dreams breathing.