Becky Sullivan

The rest was a white-knuckled, terrifying ride as the Canadians pressed with chance after chance.

Kael McCarr evened it up in the second period, but otherwise, U.S.

goaltender Connor Hellebuck had the game of a lifetime.

with 41 saves each and every one of them needed to send the game to overtime.

Then it was Jack Hughes.

His mouth bloodied, his front tooth badly chipped after taking a stick to the face who scored the game winner, and his teammates who threw their sticks and gloves into the air to celebrate.

Becky Sullivan, NPR News, Milan.

Both teams are stacked with NHL talent, with the pros participating for the first time in more than a decade.

Canada boasts the three-time MVP Connor McDavid, the NHL-leading goal scorer Nathan McKinnon, and the 19-year-old phenom Macklin Celebrini all in their top line.

The U.S.

roster includes five NHL team captains, including the Toronto Maple Leafs' Austin Matthews and the league's best goaltender Connor Hellebuck.

Last year in the NHL, four nations faced off the Americans, took the first game 3-1,

But the Canadians won the final 3-2 on an overtime goal by McDavid.

That's left the Americans hungry for revenge.

Canada has won nine Olympic men's hockey gold medals all time.

The U.S.

only has two, the last, of course, in 1980 with the Miracle on Ice.

Becky Sullivan in PR News, Milan.

Both teams are stacked with NHL talent, with the pros participating for the first time in more than a decade.

Canada boasts the three-time MVP Connor McDavid, the NHL-leading goal scorer Nathan McKinnon, and the 19-year-old phenom Macklin Celebrini all in their top line.