USA defeats Sweden in OT as they move on to semi-finals matchup against Slovakia

[p]It marked Hughes' first-ever Olympic goal. They'll now advance to the semi-finals, where they'll be taking on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/slovakia/ruzLVmAN/"]Slovakia[/a], who are coming off a dominant 6-2 win over Germany.[/p][embed guid="58dc6642-4ae7-4796-b97f-c644ef955a99" url="https://x.com/NBCOlympics/status/2024254919809683844?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Nothing found the net in the first period, despite both teams combining for 21 shots on goal (SWE - 11, USA - 10). The US has now shut out every single team in the first period during these Olympics. [/p][p]It wasn't until the second period that Team USA finally got on the board to make it 1-0, thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larkin-dylan/b1K98MUq/"]Dylan Larkin[/a]'s first-ever Olympic goal, with assists from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hughes-jack/nNIFwLLH/"]Jack Hughes[/a] (3) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hughes-quinn/M1xKD9sj/"]Quinn Hughes[/a] (5). [/p][p]Before the Olympics, Larkin said,[b] "I've probably been thinking about making the U.S. Olympic hockey team my whole life."[/b][/p][embed guid="146c3664-fe5a-43f2-952d-39af0af576a4" url="https://x.com/NBCOlympics/status/2024235839254036807?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Team USA would outshoot Sweden a whopping 20-9 in the second period, even missing out on their second power play opportunity after Sweden's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-hampus/r3J5yj9B/"]Hampus Lindholm[/a] was called for tripping. [/p][p]Sweden's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bratt-jesper/YFv73iuj/"]Jesper Bratt[/a], one of the team's top players, who was a healthy scratch against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/latvia/44JaYkQ4/"]Latvia[/a], didn't make his first appearance against the US until the third period. The Swedes would fail to capitalize on their first power play of the game after the American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trocheck-vincent/6Lh2eF1p/"]Vincent Trocheck[/a] was called on a minor for tripping, but would find the net to tie it up 1-1 with just under two minutes left to play after going with the man-advantage on an empty net.[/p][p]But, ultimately, it was the Americans who proved victorious, outshooting Sweden 40-29. [/p][embed guid="80250500-48eb-42e5-af11-e11d99b0d3ad" url="https://x.com/NBCOlympics/status/2024251036383203770?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]