What TV channel is Canada vs. USA on today? Schedule, time for 2021 World Juniors gold-medal game USA vs. Finland results: Arthur Kaliyev's late goal lifts Americans to showdown with Canada for gold medal World Juniors 2021: Predictions, odds, X-factors, breakdowns for gold-medal game between Canada, USA Oh, baby. The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship has blessed us all with the ultimate gold-medal game. After Monday's semifinals saw four of the "Big Five" powerhouses battle it out for a spot in the championship game, it's now set with a no-holds-barred, old fashioned North American showdown as Canada and the United States going toe-to-toe at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alta. It'll be an all-North American battle on the ice when Canada and the United States go toe-to-toe for gold at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship on Tuesday in Edmonton. The teams will meet in the title game for the first time since 2017, when the United States won 5-4 in a shootout on a goal by Troy Terry against Carter Hart. In the 2021 edition, the teams advanced to their showdown in quite different fashions. The U.S. needed a goal with 76 seconds remaining by New York City's Arthur Kaliyev to beat Finland 4-3 in the semifinals, while the Canadians easily dispatched Russia 5-0. This day has been marked on all of our calendars since being here," said Alex Newhook, who scored Canada's first goal less than a minute into its game Monday against the Russians. "To finally be here and see that the work we put in is paid off to this point, it's exciting. We're excited to bring that mindset into tomorrow and play our game as best we can. Go for gold." Bragging rights will also be on the line as a number of players will be facing off against current teammates — like Wisconsin's Dylan Holloway (Canada) and Cole Caufield (USA) — and future ones, including netminders Spencer Knight (USA) and Devon Levi (Canada), who are Panthers draft picks. "Obviously it's going to be a great game," said American John Farinacci. "It's something that you dream about. USA, Canada and a gold-medal game, it's always going to be a fun game and we've got to play a full 60 minutes if we want to get that gold medal." Here is how to catch the 2021 IIHF World Juniors gold-medal game between Canada and the U.S. As the old saying goes, "What's old is new again," and in 2021, what's new was the result. Like Monday's first World Junior Championship semifinal, which saw Canada beat Russia for a spot in the gold-medal game, the United States and Finland have a history. Two years ago, the Finns bested the Americans in the gold-medal game when now-Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko netted the go-ahead goal with 1:26 on the clock. Last year, Finland pitched a shutout to send the Americans home in the quarterfinals and dash their hopes of a fifth straight year with a medal. But now it's 2021 and the Americans have broken through. With just 1:16 on the clock — and a smidge over two minutes after the Finns tied the game after trailing 3-1 entering the final frame — Arthur Kaliyev made it a party in the USA with what became the game-winning goal in a 4-3 victory. "Obviously that was probably the craziest period of hockey I've ever played in," said John Farinacci, who scored the United States' second goal. "They're a really good team and we let them get back in the game a little bit with those two goals, but, you know, obviously [Kaliyev and Alex Turcotte, who had the first assist] made a great play at the end there to give us the lead and ultimately the win." "I saw him wide open, which usually is never really an option because everyone knows how good of a goal scorer he is," Turcotte said as he described setting up the game-winner. "My eyes lit up and just ripped it to him and he had an unbelievable shot." Kaliyev was one of eight players from last year's U.S. squad to return (Bobby Brink, Cole Caufield, Spencer Knight, Alex Turcotte, Dustin Wolf, Cam York and Trevor Zegras are the others). Before the game, head coach Nate Leaman said he thought this group "might have a chip their shoulder." Well, seven of the eight (Wolf was the backup goalie) played key roles, including Turcotte, who had a goal and the primary apple on Kaliyev's winner; and Zegras and Caufield, who had the helpers on Matthew Boldy's goal that gave the U.S. a 3-1 lead. With his apple, Zegras is now tied for second on USA Hockey's World Juniors all-time lists for assists in a single tournament (10, with Derek Stepan and Phil Kessel); points in a single tournament (16, with Jeremy Roenick) and points in a career (25, with Roenick). Zegras also is tied atop the 2021 scoring leaderboard with Canada's Dylan Cozens at 16. "He's very worthy of being the player that's leading the tournament in points. He's earned them," Leaman said postgame. "I think he works hard. I think tomorrow I'm very aware that Canada's going to try to bump him and take him out of his game, but I think he's mature enough to stay in that." In between the pipes was Knight, who was one of three U.S. goalies in 2019 and maybe had a little extra motivation. He was solid, stopping 33 of 36 shots, allowing goals to Kasper Simontaival (two) and Roni Hirvonen. Simontaival's first goal was off a pretty passing play on the power play that would have been difficult for even the most veteran of netminders to stop and his second was after being left alone by the U.S. defense. With his sixth career win in the World Juniors on Monday night, Knight is now tied with Brian Boucher and Mike Dunham for fourth on USA Hockey's all-time wins list. "It was a good game. A lot of momentum swings, great junior hockey, great tournament," said Leaman. "Finland's knocked USA out of the tournament the past few years. It was a hump we had to get over and really proud of the guys." The U.S. will now face off against its North American rival for the gold. "We know that they're the team to beat in this tournament," Leaman said. "We know everything's been written about them from Day 1. We know that this is one of their best teams all time. We're going to go. We want to challenge. We want the opportunity." This meeting was almost inevitable; Hockey Canada and USA Hockey were on a collision course after each team won its respective groups. But who will go home happy? These kids have been through a lot to reach this point — quarantines, daily COVID-19 testing, boring meals, Zoom meetings — and now they'll be looking to leave bubble hockey with the ultimate prize: World Juniors gold. It comes down to just 60 minutes of ice time (unless, like past meetings, overtime or a shootout is needed). Which team will hear their anthem played and who will leave Alberta golden? Sporting News breaks it all down for you and predicts which country will take the top prize.