Quinn Hughes’ OT purpose sends US to Olympic males’s hockey semis

MILAN — When the US gave up a tying purpose to Sweden with 91 seconds left in a males’s hockey quarterfinals recreation on the Olympics, even essentially the most seasoned gamers had been on edge.

“That’s as nervous as I’ve ever been in a hockey game,” Dylan Larkin stated.

After loads of nerves — and further hockey — the US is transferring on to the semifinals.

Quinn Hughes scored in additional time to place the US previous Sweden 2-1 after Mika Zibanejad scored to tie it late in regulation.

“Just relief,” Hughes stated.

After Canada did its half, albeit with a curler coaster of drama and emotion, the US bounced again from Zibanejad scoring to maintain alive the opportunity of the North American rivals assembly within the gold medal recreation Sunday.

Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 of the 29 photographs he confronted, none extra necessary than a grade-An opportunity by Lucas Raymond throughout the second interval.

The US will face Slovakia in a single semi-final Friday. Just earlier than that, additionally unbeaten Canada performs Finland within the different.

“It’s going to be an extremely hard test,” Hughes stated of Slovakia. “They’ve been rolling. They’re competitive. They’re fast. It doesn’t matter how many superstars you have, just the desperation level’s so high. It’s Game 7 every night now.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.