It was Connor McDavid who offered the victory at Team Canada after 8’18 in “Overtime” by taking advantage of a Mitch Marner offering. The Oilers superstar was logically designated the first star of the meeting, the second returning to the Canadian goalkeeper Jordan Binnington, author of 31 stops including 6 in overtime.
Binnington was decisive in the additional period, making several spectacular parades to leave his team in the match. He had already shone in the same Boston TD Garden in the spring of 2019, winning the Stanley Cup with St. Louis at the end of an act VII won 4-1 against the Bruins.
This final, highly politicized because of the tensions between the two countries, held all its promises. Like the duel scheduled during the preliminary phase of this tournament, won 3-1 by the USA team in Montreal last Saturday. “You cannot take our country – and you cannot take our sport,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on X.
Canada is already taking on a slight psychological ascendant over the United States with a view to the 2026 Olympic tournament in Milan, where NHL players will return. The players at the maple leaf have won the last four international tournaments in which the “Nhlers” were present (OJ 2010, Jo 2014, 2016 World Cup and tournament of the 4 2025 nations).
