Down by two goals with three minutes remaining in the final Group A preliminary round game of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Team Canada forward Sidney Crosby puts the puck past American goalie Ryan Miller to put sudden death overtime within reach.

Canadian goaltender Martin Brodeur was eventually pulled for the extra attacker but former Canucks player Ryan Kesler ended the game with 45 seconds left on the clock by scoring an empty-net goal to give Canada its first loss of the tournament. Coupled with having to win an earlier game against Switzerland via a shootout, it meant the national men’s hockey team faced a make-or-break game against Germany two days later rather than advance directly into the final eight.

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