Becky Sullivan

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, NPR News, Milan.

Good question.

Yeah, I mean, obviously, it's absolutely massive.

This is exactly what I think probably everybody was hoping for coming into this Olympic Games.

And I think

You know, the last game I can recall that is this big was, of course, the 2010 Olympic final that was in Vancouver between Canada and the U.S.

Just an amazing overtime thriller where the young Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal to win it for Canada.

And yeah, no hockey game has come even close to ratings since then for that game.

So it's been 16 years since we've had a game like this.

I expect tens and tens of millions, if not more people to tune in.

It should be really, really amazing.

Exactly.