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
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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