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Tournament favorite Canada has outlasted Czechia in overtime to advance to the semifinals in men's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Mitch Marner scored the game-winning goal 1:22 into the 3-on-3 OT period.
Canada trailed the Czechs twice in this game but got to overtime thanks to Nick Suzuki's goal with 3:27 left in regulation. Macklin Celebrini and Nathan MacKinnon also scored for Canada, while Lukas Sedlak, David Pastrnak and Ondrej Palat scored for Czechia.
Canada captain Sidney Crosby suffered an injury on a hit by Radko Gudas in the second period and did not return to the game.
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Jon Cooper won’t, but I’d still start Logan Thompson in the semi. Some big stops late from Jordan Binnington there, but he has still also looked shaky on enough looks against Czechia and France over two straight games that I think he’s a risk — and one you don’t have to take.
Canada gets to celebrate that one for a bit — and Mitch Marner's involvement adds a very funny layer of Toronto-centric intrigue — but eventually, Sidney Crosby's lower-body injury is going throw a pall over the whole thing. If he misses any amount of time, the discourse is going to be suffocating. Prepare yourselves for it.
Roberto Luongo (yes, that's his account) celebrating Marner's game-winning goal
Radko Gudas says he was just trying to finish his check. Says he hopes Sidney Crosby is OK.
Wow! Canada tempted fate but found a way to come out victorious. Tip of the cap to Czechia. Fantastic in a losing effort.
Hope Josh Morrissey is ready for the semis. He suffered an injury in Canada's first game here at these Olympics, also against Czechia, and hasn't played since.
Team Canada got into trouble at times with a lack of composure at the offensive blue line. Didn't nail the risk/reward, didn't always get the puck through.
At the Vancouver 2010 Games, Sidney Crosby scored in overtime of the gold medal game against Team USA, known as the “Golden Goal!”
I know this wasn’t a gold medal game but that was a huge overtime winner from Mitch Marner. If Canada goes on to win gold, that goal will be etched into Canadian hockey lore.
Backhand, glove side, high.
It’ll get lost in the shuffle but Nick Suzuki’s third-period heroics can’t be forgotten either. He missed a wide open net earlier in the game and his struggles at the tournament were well documented. But a third-period equalizer allowed him to breathe again.
Where I'm seated inside Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, I hear boisterous Canadian fans yelling “Canada! Canada!”
That is going to be some fun walk out of the stadium.
Jordan Binnington deserves a ton of love for that save late in the third period to save the game and ultimately head to overtime. Jon Cooper said he knew for nearly a calendar year that he’d start Canada’s first game of the tournament. That came amidst a poor time in the NHL this season. According to MoneyPuck’s goals-saved above expected metric, he’s statistically the worst in the NHL this year. Doesn’t matter. Canada relied on him and he came up huge today.
Mitch Marner has been maligned for his inability to come up in the biggest of moments at the NHL level. But this OT winner will stay with him for a long time. He went through three Czech players before finishing backhand past Lukas Dostal. An incredible Olympic hockey moment that could stand as his greatest since turning pro. He’s been excellent on the third line with Mark Stone and Sidney Crosby, when healthy. Even Toronto Maple Leafs fans can forgive him today.
If the score holds in the other game…
Canada faces Switzerland if U.S. wins over Sweden later today.
Canada faces Sweden if they beat the U.S.
If NHL playoff games were decided by three-on-three OT, Mitch Marner's life would be very different.
That game made up for all the dull hockey this Olympics has thrown at us.
We spent 12 years waiting for that game. What was 12 days more?
That goal was such a gift to Canadians outside Ontario.
Canada advances, and Maple Leafs fans are in shambles. Chefs kiss.
Marner scored an OT winner against Sweden in 4 Nations, assisted on McDavid’s OT winner against USA at 4 Nations and now this. Binnington huge save in OT and on Necas with 1:10 left in regulation.
Currently picturing millions of Toronto fans trying to figure out how they feel about Mitch Marner.
Man, shout out Jordan Binnington for those huge stops late in the game.
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