It required more effort than expected, but Canada’s men’s hockey team will play for a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Milan.

After falling behind 2-0 to Finland, Canada mounted a comeback to win the game 3-2 and set up a potential renewal of their rivalry with the United States.

Canada had won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which was the last time the NHL allowed its players to compete at the games.

In these games, Canada once again leaned on their NHL superstars to guide them to victory.

After tying the game, a mad scramble of shots late in the contest saw Nathan MacKinnon finally sneak the game-winner past Jusse Saros with just 35 seconds remaining to clinch their spot in the final.

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