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U.S. wins Olympic hockey gold medal, 2-1 in overtime
MILAN, Italy -- Jack Hughes scored at 1:51 of 3-on-3 sudden death overtime to give the United States men's hockey team its first Olympic gold medal since 1980, 2-1 over Team Canada Canada has outshot the U.S. by a whopping 41-26 margin through three periods. The numbers since the start of the second period: 33 shots for Canada, 18 for the U.S. But American goalie Connor Hellebuyck has kept his team in the game, making 40 saves to keep the score 1-1 as they head to overtime. He wasn’t able to get to one of Canada’s best chances late in the third period — but Hellebuyck, it turned out, didn’t need to. That’s because Nathan MacKinnon’s shot right from the doorstep went wide to the right of the net. The U.S. and Canada were tied 1-1 heading into the third period. After trailing since the sixth minute, Canada got on the board with less than two minutes left in the ...
