By the skin of its teeth, Finland remains alive.
The reigning Olympic champions overcame a late 2-0 deficit to shock Switzerland with a 3-2 overtime victory in the men’s hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday in Milan.
Artturi Lehkonen was the hero with the OT winner in the three-on-three extra frame.
Finland was trailing by two and struggling to beat Swiss goalie Leonardo Genoni late before Sebastian Aho broke the seal with a snipe from the dot with about six minutes remaining, bringing his team within one.
Then, with just over one minute on the clock, defenceman Miro Heiskanen sifted a wrist shot through traffic and into the back of the net to force overtime.
Switzerland jumped to an early lead in a 75-second span in the first period thanks to Damien Riat and Nino Niederreiter.
Finland will play Canada in the semifinals on Friday (10:40 a.m. ET/ 7:40 a.m. PT) while the United States will play Slovakia in the other matchup.
The gold-medal game is slated for Sunday, closing out competition at these Olympics.
