With not much separating Canada and the United States, these seven matchups may decide to wins gold at the Olympics in Milan on Sunday.

MILAN (AP) — Dylan Larkin has been thinking about the U.S. facing Canada for gold at the Olympics for a year. All the dreams ...

Free Team USA Anytime Goal Scorer Picks vs Slovakia in the semifinals for Friday, February 20, 2026, featuring Auston Matthews.

The Sporting News brings you a ranking of the best and most important players in the USA-Canada gold medal game.

The U.S. men’s hockey team routed Slovakia in Friday’s semifinal and will play archrival Canada in Sunday’s gold medal game.

Auston Matthews remains one of the top goal-scorers in the world, and we expect the superstar forward to find the back of the ...

Sunday is set to be the pinnacle of hockey, as Team USA — led by captain and NHL superstar Auston Matthews — takes on Team Canada, featuring three-time MVP Connor McDavid, in the gold medal game at ...

And it might need to play just as well to come up with gold on Sunday. Taking a five-goal lead before the end of the second period, the U.S. men's hockey team beat Slovakia 6-2 in the semifinal game ...

One of those stars is USA captain Auston Matthews, who delivered a strong message ahead of Sunday’s clash — even as many Canadian fans typically cheer for him during the NHL season with the Toronto ...

While Americans watching here in the stands in Italy and back home on TV thought Team Canada was on the cusp of *** huge upset in the gold medal game, on the ice, the Team USA players, calm, cool, ...

Team USA defeated Slovakia, 6-2, in the 2026 Winter Olympic ice hockey semifinal. USA will play Canada in the gold-medal game ...

Team USA's men's hockey team played Slovakia for a chance to play in Sunday's gold medal game. Here's how they did. (AP) ...