Canada beat the United States in the 4 Nations Face-off on Thursday. Considering all of the drama between the two countries, that tournament became a big symbolic deal. In one corner, we had Donald Trump taunting Canada about becoming the 51st state.

They might have hoped that the United States and Canada would be the last two teams standing, playing against each other for the championship. They might have hoped that the teams

Canada has beaten the United States after the two countries battled it out on the rink in a championship game that proved to be about more than just ice hockey. The 4 Nations Face Off final ended 3-2 in overtime.

When they played “O Canada” for the second time, there were no American fans left in the arena to boo. Instead, the Canadian team stood at the blue line, arm in arm, player and coach, wearing their championship hats while the maple leaf flag was lowered behind the 4 Nations Face-Off trophy and the national anthem reverberated across the Americans' home ice.

Welcome to the final game of the 4 Nations Face-Off. The United States and Canada played each other for the second time in six days, with the U.S. winning 3-1 on Saturday in Montreal. NHL.com Editor-in-Chief Bill Price was in Boston to provide all the sights, sounds and highlights from a historic night for hockey.