“More entertaining than the Super Bowl” – USA beating rivals Canada 3-1 in thrilling 4 Nations Face-Off game ignites WILD reactions from fans on social media

After falling 1-0 down, Team USA rallied back and won 3-1 against their rivals Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off game on Saturday.

“More entertaining than the Super Bowl” – USA beating rivals Canada 3-1 in thrilling 4 Nations Face-Off game ignites WILD reactions from fans on social media

A snippet from the USA vs Canada game (Image via X)

The one game that the NHL fans had been looking forward to the entire week was the matchup between the USA and Canada. On Saturday, the two rivals took part in a thrilling contest with the United States emerging as 3-1 victors.

This was the first matchup between the teams in over 9 years. The last time they met each other in a competitive hockey game was at the World Cup of Hockey in 2016. In the group stage game that time, Canada came out as 4-2 winners.

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The match lived up to its expectations. There were some early fireworks as 3 fights broke out within the opening 9 seconds of the game.

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It was Canada who landed the first real punch as Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid opened the scoring. The 28-year-old would sprint forward after receiving a puck from Duck Doherty and tuck it past Connor Hellebucyk to make it 1-0 for his team.

USA would quickly answer back through Jake Guentzel. After McDavid got lined up in the U.S. defensive zone with a big hit, the Americans moved forward allowing Jack Eichel to set up Guentzel for the leveler.

Dylan Larkin turned the game around for the United States in the second period. Geuntzel then scored his second of the game. As Canada chased the match, they would leave their net empty. Guentzel would take advantage of this and tucked it an empty-netter to seal a 3-1 victory for his country.

The match also broke a long winning streak. With Sidney Crosby in the line-up, Canada had not lost their 26 matches, dating back to the preliminary rounds of the Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010. That time as well Canada had lost to the United States.

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Social media reacts to USA beating Canada in 4 Nations Face-Off game

In the past few days, tensions have been high between the United States and Canada. In hockey games, fans have booed the national anthems of their opposition teams due to the political tensions between the two countries. Following USA’ victory over Canada, there were some wild reactions on social media.

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Dylan Larkin of USA celebrating his goal vs Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off (Image via X)

Taking to their X account, fans voiced their opinions regarding this match. Several fans applauded the efforts of the players in this match. One user claimed that this match was perhaps “more entertaining than the Super Bowl“. Some other users heavily trolled Canada for losing this game.

Check out that and some other reactions from X below:

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With Finland winning 4-3 in overtime against their rivals Sweden earlier in the day, things have got interesting. While America is through to the Championship game, Canada has some work left to do. They will have to beat Finland in the final game to set up another encounter with the United States next week.