How overtime works for Olympic women's hockey in USA-Canada gold medal game

How overtime works for Olympic women's hockey in USA-Canada gold medal game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Hilary Knight wasn't ready to be done yet. With just a couple minutes remaining, the United States legend got in front of the net, deflected a puck and found the back of the net for a record-setting goal.

More importantly, it tied Team USA 1-1 with Canada, and it sent the gold medal game on its way to overtime. Buckle up, because it's about to get fun. MORE:  Jake Canter had a 20% chance to live, but he just won an Olympic medal USA-Canada gold medal game OT rules Overtime at the Olympics this year in hockey is 3-on-3, for both men and women.

It's sudden death, which means the first goal in OT wins the game, and in this case, the gold medal. How long is USA-Canada overtime in women's hockey? Overtime will be 20 minutes long. If no goal is scored, the 3-on-3 showdown will continue for 20 minutes, which is only the length at the gold medal game.  MORE:  A dog stole the show at the finish line of cross country skiing Is there a shootout?

There is no shootout in the gold medal game. If it goes beyond the 20-minute OT period, the teams will keep playing until the winning goal is scored. More Olympics news: This U.S. luge star was parodied on SNL Mikaela Shiffrin just broke the Olympics Czechia's go-ahead goal against Canada had 6 skaters on the ice U.S.

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