Team USA advances to semifinals with overtime win over Sweden

Coronary heart charges soared in Milan and throughout the US, however the Individuals survived of their quest for males’s hockey gold.

Quinn Hughes, of the Minnesota Wild, scored in additional time to provide Group USA a gritty 2-1 victory over Sweden on Wednesday, advancing to the semifinals of males’s Olympic hockey.

Each goalies posted shutouts halfway by the sport, however with just below 9 minutes left within the second interval, Jack Hughes’ wrister was deflected by Dylan Larkin and scored by Hughes’ New Jersey Devils teammate Jakob Markstrom to place the Stars and Stripes up 1-0.

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Quinn Hughes of Group United States celebrates with teammates after scoring a objective in additional time throughout the males’s quarterfinals between the US and Sweden on Day 12 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Area on February 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Photographs)

The Swedes fizzled within the third interval, whereas the Individuals have been considerably neutralized. However they didn’t put the puck behind the web, together with an Adrian Kempe shot that went off the put up with about 2:30 to go.

Sweden pulled Markstrom with about 100 seconds left, and 10 seconds later they lastly scored when Mika Zibanejad ripped a one-timer from Lucas Raymond to tie the sport. Connor Hellyebuck had stopped 28 pictures to that time, however the match went into sudden 10-minute 3-on-3 further time.

Quinn Hughes of the US celebrates after scoring the profitable objective in opposition to Sweden throughout additional time of a males’s ice hockey quarterfinal on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photograph/Hassan Ammar)

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USA could not join on the primary 5 pictures of additional time, however on the sixth, Hughes tapped one from the within of the put up that went over the road to provide the Individuals the win.

The Individuals will face Slovakia, whereas Canada, which narrowly escaped an upset by the Czech Republic on Thursday, will face Finland. Each Canada and Finland recovered from deficits to win in additional time.

Of the 4 video games performed on Thursday, three went into further time.

Quinn Hughes of Group United States celebrates with teammates after scoring a objective in additional time throughout the males’s quarterfinals between the US and Sweden on Day 12 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Area on February 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Photographs)

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The semi-finals will likely be performed on Friday, with the occasions of every match introduced. The winners of every recreation will return to work for the gold medal recreation on Sunday, the forty sixth anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice.”

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