Canada vs USA Line Combinations & Starting Goalies For Gold Medal Game Revealed

It all comes down to this: the gold medal for men’s hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics is between Canada and the USA.

Team Canada will be in for the toughest game of their tournament so far.

What time is the gold medal game? Is Sidney Crosby playing the gold medal game? Here are the answers to all those questions and more.


Is Sidney Crosby Playing in the Gold Medal Game?

Prior to the start of the gold medal game, Elliotte Friedman reported that Crosby would not play in the gold medal game.

Julie Stewart-Binks added her own report regarding the situation. According to Team Canada’s GM Doug Wilson, the decision for Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins to not play was not a simple one.

“Met with coach and doctors for about 45 minutes… end of the day he felt it was best for the team that he should give that opportunity to someone else,” Stewart-Binks posted on social media. “Obviously a very gut wrenching decision for him, but it shows the character he has of stepping aside because he didn’t think he could be at his best, to give us an opportunity.”

With Crosby out of the lineup, these are the line combinations for Team Canada in the Gold Medal Game

Team Canada Line Combinations For Gold Medal Game

Macklin Celebrini – Connor McDavid – Nathan MacKinnon

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Mitch Marner – Nick Suzuki – Mark Stone

Brad Marchand – Sam Bennett – Tom Wilson

Brandon Hagel – Bo Horvat – Seth Jarvis

Sam Reinhart

Canada Defense Pairings

Devon Toews – Cale Makar

Thomas Harley – Colton Parayko

Travis Sanheim – Drew Doughty

Shea Theodore

Canada Starting Goalie

Jordan Binnington

Logan Thompson (Backup)


Team USA Line Combinations

Here are the line combinations for Team USA in the gold medal game against Canada.

Forward Lines

  • Brady Tkachuk – Jack Eichel – Matthew Tkachuk
  • Jake Guentzel –Auston Matthews – Matt Boldy
  • Clayton Keller – Dylan Larkin – Tage Thompson
  • Jack Hughes – Brock Nelson – J.T. Miller
  • Vincent Trocheck

Defense Lines

  • Quinn Hughes – Charlie McAvoy
  • Jaccob Slavin – Brock Faber
  • Jake Sanderson – Zach Werenski
  • Noah Hanifin

Connor Helleybuyck will be the starting goalie for USA.

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