Women's ice hockey final: USA win gold after shootout over Canada – as it happened

That wraps up yet another dramatic, well-played gold medal game between the U.S. and Canada.

In the meantime, flick over to our new live blog, for reaction to the U.S. win and rolling coverage of the rest of the day’s action in Pyeongchang:

The Soviet Union men’s team was going for five golds in a row in 1980 when they lost to the U.S. Today the U.S. ends Canada’s shot at five.

In another epic gold medal game between the U.S. and Canada, the Canadians fall short of becoming the first-ever nation to win five consecutive golds in ice hockey, men or women.

Amazing effort all game by Maddie Rooney, who was just 7 months old when the U.S. last won Olympic gold.

Maddie Rooney, the 20-year old American goalie, comes up wiht one final stop and the U.S. wins its first gold in women’s ice hockey since 1998.

Jocelyn Lamoureux with an amazing bit of stickhandling tucks one by Szabados.

Szabados stops Hilary Knight.

A Knight goal would have won it.

Canada’s Jenner is stopped by Rooney.

Canada’s Doust scores on a Forsberg move but USA’s Kessel answers right back.

USA’s Pfalzer is stopped on her shot.

Poulin is stopped by USA’s Rooney.

Stopping Poulin has to feel huge for the USA.

USA’s Brandt is stoned by Szabados.

Canada’s Agosta goes top-left to score.

USA’s Marvin scores to give U.S. an early edge.

Marvin lost control of the puck making a move in the slot, but recovered and banged in through.

Canada’s Spooner is stopped by Rooney on a poke check.

U.S. will shoot next.

We’re headed for a shootout. Not the ideal way to pick a gold medal team, but that’s the Olympic setup.

Canada 2-2 USA, 1:35 OT

Keller knocks Poulin into the board and Canada will get 4-on-3 for the rest of overtime with the gold on the line. Canada calls timeout to discuss strategy.

Canada 2-2 USA, 2:41 OT

Team USA putting non-stop pressure on Canada for the last 2 minutes but nothing on the scoreboard. U.S. now up to 41 shots, 9 in overtime.

Canada 2-2 USA, 4:40 OT

Megan Keller of the U.S. had the best look of OT, getting a pass wide open in the slot, but Szabados turned it aside.

Canada 2-2 USA, 7:00 OT

We’re now just 7 minutes away from a shootout deciding the gold medal.

With the more wide open play in 4-on-4, it’s surprising how few good scoring chances have been surrendered so far.

Canada 2-2 USA, 9:40 OT

While U.S. continues to dominate puck possession, Canada’s defense is doing a good job pushing U.S. puck carriers to the outside when they gain the zone.

Canada 2-2 USA, 11:33 3rd period

The U.S. has now repeatedly stripped Canada of the puck coming through the neutral zone, but the Americans haven’t been able to do much with it from there.

Canada 2-2 USA, 15:24 3rd period

End-to-end action with the extra room on the ice. The U.S. has kept up its controlling play that began partway through the third period.

Canada 2-2 USA, 17:33 OT

Megan Keller of the U.S. rings one off the left post on a 3-on-2 rush and play continues.

Canada 2-2 USA, 17:45 OT

USA has controlled the puck early in 4-on-4 but has yet to put any threatening shots on net.

Buckle up.

Here is Monique Lamoureux’s game-tying goal:

I’m not going to argue this.

The U.S. outshot Canada 32-24 in regulation, with the U.S. controlling play for most of the final 10 minutes. We’ll see if that continues following the break.

Same as 2014, Canada and the U.S. will head to overtime tied at 2-2.

In 15 minutes, we’ll get 4-on-4 sudden death overtime for the gold medal.

Canada 2-2 USA, 2:10 3rd period

Canada kills off the penalty and we’ll have about 2 minutes of 5-on-5 action with a gold medal on the line. These teams sure do drama.

Canada 2-2 USA, 4:11 3rd period

Team USA’s sixth power play of the night comes via tripping and hits with just over four minutes left in regulation.

Canada 2-2 USA, 4:30 3rd period

Team USA controlling play and flying to pucks right now. Canada looks to be on its heels for the first time in the game.

Canada 2-2 USA, 6:15 3rd period

After Canada fails to convert on a 2-on-1, Monique Lamoureux get a breakaway on a bad change by Canada and goes low, glove side to tie it up.

Canada 2-1 USA, 7:47 3rd period

The U.S. has picked up the pace, but Canada is staying right with them, hassling them through the neutral zone, lifting sticks and deflecting passes. Time is ticking.

Canada 2-1 USA, 10:00 3rd period

Half of the third period is gone and the U.S. is still probing for that tying goal. Szabados is playing her angles perfectly and making that very difficult for the Americans.

Canada 2-1 USA, 14:24 3rd period

The U.S. generates puck possession in the offensive zone with some cycling, but no scoring chance results.

Brianna Decker is back on the ice for the U.S.

Canada 2-1 USA, 16:49 3rd period

A huge save by Rooney sends the U.S. on a 2-on-1 break, but Brianna Decker is hit hard and dropped to the ice with a shoulder to the head by Poulin while trying to finish. No penalty called on the hit.

Canada 2-1 USA, 19:20 3rd period

Canada’s Rebecca Johnston opens the action with a hard shot on Rooney that is swallowed up and controlled.

The U.S. women have spent the last four years telling everyone that they’ve had a constant focus to bounce back from the outcome in Sochi. But through two periods, they don’t look like they’re playing with the urgency. They’ll need to pick it up their pace and physicality in the final 20 minutes or they’ll end up with silver again.

Canada is 20 minutes away from its fifth consecutive gold medal.

The U.S. led in the 3rd period of the gold medal game in 2014 and lost. This year they’ll try to flip the script.

Canada 2-1 USA, 2:02 2nd period

Canada will close out the middle period on the advantage. It goes without saying that if they could capitalize here, they’d take a huge step towards securing gold.

Canada 2-1 USA, 2:30 2nd period

The fifth U.S. power play of the night may have been their least effective. Canada doing well to fight off all of these player-down situations.

Canada 2-1 USA, 4:47 2nd period

A blatant slash puts the U.S. on the power play again. The Americans are 1-for-4 on the night with 7 shots.

Canada 2-1 USA, 5:50 2nd period

Canada had good possession on their power play, but were not able to hit the back of the net. The U.S. looks like it has stabilized a bit after Canada controlled the middle of the period.

Canada 2-1 USA, 8:00 2nd period

More than halfway through the game, Canada gets its first power play of the night thanks to an illegal hit. Despite their dominance in the tournament, Canada is only 4-for-22 on the power play in the tournament.