This was McDavid's biggest moment in the spotlight, scoring the golden goal in overtime in the 4 Nations Face-Off 15 years after Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime for Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. "I'm just really happy he scored," Crosby said. "He couldn't be more deserving an opportunity and that moment."

Connor McDavid etched his name in Canadian hockey history with a golden goal Thursday in Boston, winning the game 3-2 in overtime to secure a tournament title that felt bigger than anything ever played during an All-Star break. After 68 minutes of intense, high-level play, it took just one Team USA defensive lapse for Canada to win it.

McDavid added another bullet point to his resume on Thursday night when he scored the game-winning goal in overtime to win the 4 Nations Face-Off championship for Canada.

Connor McDavid has his golden goal. After a relatively quiet three regulation periods from the best player in the world, it didn’t take him long to score the biggest goal of his career, giving Canada Gold against the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Just 15 years after Sidney Crosby’s “golden goal” for Team Canada in the Olympics, Connor McDavid’s game-winner at the 8:08 mark of overtime in the championship game of the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off to deliver a 3-2 win over Team USA seemed to serve as something of a passing of the torch on the biggest “best-on-best” stage in nearly a decade.

Almost 15 years to the day from when Sidney Crosby scored the Golden Goal for Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics, Connor McDavid grabbed the torch and scored the decisive overtime goal to win the 4 Nations Face-Off.