USA, Megan Keller, Hilary Knight's Gold-Medal Highlights in Women's Olympic Hockey Bracket

The United States women's hockey team are three-time Olympic gold medalists thanks to Megan Keller's overtime goal against Canada.

Keller's strike 4:07 into overtime secured a 2-1 gold medal victory over Canada on Thursday during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

Team USA also won gold during the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

The United States came into the first period of the gold medal game looking shakier than the dominant squad that had outscored Olympic opponents 31-1 heading into Thursday's matchup.

Team USA still went into the second period on a power play while riding a historic shutout streak of more than 351 minutes.

Canada's Kristin O'Neill ended that streak when she scored shorthanded less than a minute into the second frame.

Canada went on to limit the United States' high-danger scoring chances through most of the second and third period.

A frustrated Team USA took a boarding penalty late in the third, but successfully killed off the penalty to keep the deficit at one goal heading into the final two and a half minutes.

The United States then pulled goaltender Aerin Frankel for a last push.

It took Hilary Knight just seconds of 6-on-5 play to deflect in the tying goal on a shot from the point by Laila Edwards.

The tally marked Knight's 15th career Olympic goal, the most by any player in U.S. Olympic hockey history.

Both Frankel and Canadian goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens turned aside point-blank chances in overtime before Keller's game-winner just over four minutes into the extra frame.

Frankel celebrated the win after making 30 saves on 31 shots.

Canada will take home the silver after an 31-save performance from Desbiens.

Earlier on Thursday, Switzerland won bronze in the women's tournament after Alina Müller scored in overtime against Sweden.

Müller has now scored the clinching goals in both of Switzerland's Olympic women's hockey medal wins, following her bronze medal game-winner at the 2014 Sochi Games.