Knight and Poulin meet for one final Olympic gold game.

Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin will face each other for the fifth and final time in an Olympic gold-medal game at the 2026 Games; Knight has said 2026 will be her final Olympic appearance while Poulin has not decided about 2030.

For the final time at the Olympic Games, Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin will meet in a gold-medal match at the 2026 Olympics. Both players have been leading figures in international women's hockey for many years. They first faced each other at the 2009 World Championships. Each has served as captain for their national teams and as captains at the PWHL level. Notable facts: - This will be the fifth time Knight and Poulin meet in an Olympic gold-medal game. - The two players are reported as their nations' all-time Olympic goal leaders. - Marie-Philip Poulin, age 34 in 2026, has won three Olympic gold medals and is credited with scoring the gold-medal winning goals in 2010, 2014, and 2022; she also has four World Championship gold medals. - Hilary Knight, age 36 in 2026, has won one Olympic gold medal and ten World Championship gold medals. - Knight announced that the 2026 Olympics will be her final Olympic Games; Poulin has not announced her plans for 2030. - Both players were among the inaugural PWHL captains, with Poulin captaining the Montreal Victoire and Knight captaining the Boston Fleet and currently the Seattle Torrent. Summary: Their meeting in the 2026 gold-medal game highlights a 17-year international rivalry between two leading players in women's hockey. Knight has announced 2026 will be her final Olympic appearance, while Poulin's status for future Olympics is undetermined at this time.