United States goalie Connor Hellebuyck, left, gives up the winning goal to Canada's Connor McDavid (not shown) during an overtime period of the 4 Nations Face-Off championship hockey game, Thursday,

The 4 Nations Face-Off Final could come down to a battle between NHL Western Division Rivals Connor McDavid and Connor Hellebucyk.

It certainly felt like an ending in those moments after Connor McDavid’s dramatic snapshot from the slot eluded United States netminder Connor Hellebuyck in overtime of Thursday night's 4 Nations Face-Off championship final.

After ten years in the NHL, Connor McDavid finally represented Team Canada in a best-on-best tournament at the 4 Nations Face-off, showing the hockey world—both longtime fans and newcomers alike— just why he’s regarded as the best player in the world.

Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday night as the North American rivals turned what had been a tune-up for the 2026 Olympics into a geopolitical brawl over anthems and annexation as much as international hockey supremacy.

Team Canada star Connor McDavid dropped a bold confession after scoring the title-clinching overtime goal in the 4 Nations Final vs Team USA.

Canada has beaten Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off in an overtime thriller, 3-2, Thursday night in Boston. Connor McDavid scored the game winner to become a national hero and hockey legend. After dropping the first meeting against Team USA on Saturday in Montreal,

The Jets goaltender came into the championship game having allowed just two goals in the two games he appeared in. Hellebuyck made 24 saves in the defeat and came close to becoming the first goaltender since Mike Richter in 1996 to lead the USA to victory at a best-on-best event.

Keith Tkachuk, the father of USA forwards Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, scored five goals for the victorious United States in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. The USA lost to Canada in the opener of the best-of-three final in Philadelphia but then picked up two wins in Montreal for the title. The older Tkachuk scored in the first win.

The Canadians beat the U.S. 3-2 in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game on Thursday in Boston, winning the first international tournament featuring the NHL’s best players since 2016.