Winter Olympics 2026: Team USA's OT win over Canada was the most-watched women's hockey game on record

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A record number of people tuned in to watch Team USA women’s hockey rally to stun Canada and claim a gold medal on Thursday in Milan.

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NBC announced that an average of 5.3 million people watched the United States’ 2-1 overtime win against Canada on both USA Network and Peacock, which made it the most-watched women’s hockey game on record. The game peaked at 7.7 million viewers in overtime.

That was part of a massive overall Olympics day for NBC, too. The network announced that it averaged about 26.7 million viewers in total on Thursday, which made it the largest Winter Games weekday audience since 2014. It was also the 14th straight day that the Olympics audience surpassed 20 million viewers.

After rallying to force overtime with Hilary Knight's late goal in the third period, Megan Keller waved past Canada’s Claire Thompson and snuck the puck between the legs of goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens to officially give the United States the win.

Knight is now the all-time leading scorer in U.S. women’s Olympic hockey history with that goal, the 15th of her career.

“There was no way we were losing this game,” Knight said after the game. “That’s all. Simple as that. We had some awesome heavy hitters on the ice.

"I knew we were going to get possession, so I just had to find a place in front of the net.”

The United States men’s team will attempt to follow their lead in their gold medal match against Canada on Sunday. The men rolled past Slovakia 6-2 in the semifinals on Friday to reach the final for the first time since the 2010 Olympics.

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