The Olympic men's hockey gold-medal game between the U.S. and Canada was watched by 20.7 million viewers across NBC, Peacock and USA Network, NBC announced on Tuesday. The average live audience was recorded at 18.

Jack Hughes’ overtime goal, which gave the United States its first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since 1980, drew an average audience of 26 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the U.S., according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel ratings and Adobe Analytics digital data.

Team USA prevailed over Canada in overtime in both the men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments, igniting the nation's first-ever double-gold celebration.

Jack Hughes is the poster boy after he scored one of the most dramatic goals in Olympic hockey history, 1:41 into overtime to give Team USA a 2-1 win against Team Canada in the gold medal game of the men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at Santaguilia Arena on Sunday.

Sidney Crosby's status for the gold-medal game at the Winter Olympics between Team Canada and the U.S. was updated Sunday.

Canada beat United States of America in Saturday afternoon’s game by 10-7, to claim the women’s Olympic bronze medals. United States of America started the game with last stone advantage and opened the scoring in the first end when skip Tabitha Peterson played a tap-back off a Canadian stone sitting on the button.

The hockey world raved about Sunday’s dramatic 2026 Winter Olympics gold medal game, but Canada head coach Jon Cooper had a completely different response after its conclusion. Sunday’s gold medal game offered hockey fans an all-time moment with the

Team USA’s 2-1 OT Win Averaged a Combined 20.7 Million Viewers and 18.6 Million Live (8:15-11 a.m. ET) on NBC & Peacock, Marking the Most-Watched Pre-9 a.m. ET Sporting Event on Record in U.S.