Team USA advances to Olympic men's hockey semifinal after exhilarating overtime winner

Heart rates grew sky-high successful Milan and passim the United States, but the Americans survived successful their quest for men's hockey gold.

Quinn Hughes, of the Minnesota Wild, scored successful overtime to springiness Team USA a gritty 2-1 triumph implicit Sweden connected Wednesday, advancing them to the men's Olympic hockey semifinal.

Both goalies pitched shutouts done the midway constituent of the game, but with conscionable nether 9 minutes near successful the 2nd period, Jack Hughes' wrister was deflected by Dylan Larkin, and it scooted by Hughes' New Jersey Devils teammate, Jakob Markstrom, to enactment the Stars and Stripes up 1-0.

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Quinn Hughes of Team United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring a extremity successful overtime during the Men's Quarterfinals Playoff lucifer betwixt the United States and Sweden connected time 12 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 18, 2026, successful Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The Swedes were buzzing successful the 3rd period, each portion the Americans were somewhat neutralized. But they were incapable to get the puck successful the backmost of the net, including a changeable by Adrian Kempe that went disconnected the station with astir 2:30 to go.

Sweden pulled Markstrom with astir 100 seconds left, and 10 seconds later, they yet scored arsenic Mika Zibanejad ripped a one-timer from Lucas Raymond to necktie the game. Connor Hellyebuck had stopped 28 shots up to that point, but the crippled went to a 3-on-3, 10-minute abrupt overtime.

United States' Quinn Hughes celebrates aft scoring the winning extremity against Sweden during the overtime play of a men's crystal hockey quarterfinal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.  (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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USA couldn't link connected their archetypal 5 shots of overtime, but connected the sixth, Hughes rang 1 disconnected the wrong of the station that crossed the enactment to springiness the Americans the win.

The Americans volition instrumentality connected Slovakia, portion Canada, who narrowly escaped being upset by the Czech Republic earlier Thursday, volition spell against Finland. Both Canada and Finland rallied backmost from deficits to triumph successful overtime.

Out of the 4 games played connected Thursday, 3 of them went into overtime.

Quinn Hughes of Team United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring a extremity successful overtime during the Men's Quarterfinals Playoff lucifer betwixt the United States and Sweden connected time 12 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 18, 2026, successful Milan, Italy.  (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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The semifinal circular volition beryllium played connected Friday, with the times of each crippled to beryllium announced. The winners of each crippled volition spell backmost to enactment connected Sunday, the 46th day of the "Miracle connected Ice," for the golden medal game.

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