Team Canada is golden once again.

The Canadian women defeated their Team USA rivals 3-2 in Thursday's gold medal clash. This marks the fifth time in the last six Olympics that Canada has taken home the gold, losing to the Americans last time around in 2018.

Canada appeared to open the scoring early in the first period but the goal was called back after a coach's challenge determined the play offside. Minutes later, Sarah Nurse got Canada on the board. Marie-Phillip Poulin added another tally to give the Canadians a 2-0 edge at the end of the first.

Poulin picked things up where she left off in the second, burying a tough rebound to put Canada up 3-0. With an assist on the goal, Nurse broke Hayley Wickenheiser's Olympic single-tournament record with her 18th point in Beijing. Hilary Knight finally got the Americans on the board with a shorthanded goal late in the second.

The third didn't provide much until the dying seconds when the Americans managed to score a power-play marker to pull within one. It ended up being too little too late as Canada hung on for the win.

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