After waving off the U.S. bench to stay on the ice, Quinn Hughes wheeled around the offensive zone and fired a laser past Jacob Markstrom for the dramatic overtime win. The Americans will now take on Slovakia in the semifinals on Friday.

MILAN (AP) — Alina Muller did it again. Twelve years after scoring the clinching goal to deliver Switzerland its first Olympic medal in women's hockey — a bronze at the 2014 Sochi Games — Muller scored 9:09 into overtime in a 2-1 win over Sweden on Thursday for the bronze at the Milan Cortina Games.

Sweden faces Switzerland in the women’s hockey bronze medal game of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

Sweden and Finland renew their fierce hockey rivalry at the Winter Olympics after opening tests for both teams in group play.