United States vs. Canada odds: 2026 Winter Olympics women's hockey final picks from proven expert

The United States vs. Canada women's hockey rivalry will be renewed on Thursday in the 2026 Winter Olympics gold medal match. This will be the seventh meeting across the last eight Olympic gold medal matches that these nations meet, with Canada holding the 4-2 edge. However, the U.S. soundly defeated the Canadians, 5-0, when the teams met in the Winter Olympics 2026 preliminary round, giving the USA seven straight victories over Canada.

The puck drops at 1:10 p.m. ET from the Unipol Dome in Milan, Italy. The Americans are -500 favorites in the latest USA vs. Canada women's hockey odds, with the Canadians +375 underdogs. The over/under for total goals is 5.5.

Before making any Canada vs. USA picks, you NEED to see what the SportsLine expert Mike Tierney has to say.

A national sportswriter whose work has appeared in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered nine Olympic Games in person. At Rio in 2016, Tierney profited big-time. He told readers to bet over on Team USA's gold medal count (41.5) and over on Team USA's overall medal count (102.5). The result? 46 golds, 121 medals and two easy cashes. 

Then, at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Tierney hit two of his three predictions: Germany (+200) to win the most gold medals and the United States winning under 10.5 gold medals (+110). At the last Winter Games in 2022, Tierney cashed in again by backing Team USA to go over 22.5 total medals (-110) as the Americans claimed 25 overall medals.

Now, Tierney has set his sights on the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. He's leaning Over on the total (5.5), and found a critical x-factor in USA vs. Canada in women's hockey and has locked in a best bet on one side!

So who wins Canada vs. United States in the Olympic women's ice hockey final, and what is the best bet for this matchup?... Join SportsLine right now to find out which side you should be all over, all from the expert who has crushed many of his past Olympic picks!