Team Canada wins gold medal at men's hockey during Winter Olympics in Sochi in dominant fashion.

The gold medal game on Sunday ended with a 3-0 shutout victory for Team Canada over Sweden. The Sweds had to settle for the silver and Finland won the bronze. This means that Canada wins back-to-back Olympic gold. They did so in only allowing three goals in six games.

The Canadians scored 17 goals in six games. They beat Finland, Latvia and the United States by one goal each despite dominating time of possession, chances for and against, and shots on goal in all of the games. Canada had 241 shots on goal in the tournament; it allowed 129.

"When you talk about great defense sometimes we get confused," Canada coach Mike Babcock told NHL.com. "Great defense means you play defense fast and you have the puck all the time so you're always on offense. Don't get confused, we outchanced these teams big-time; we didn't score. We were a great offensive team. That's how we coached. That's what we expected. That's what we got. We didn't ask guys to back up. The interesting thing for me when I look at this whole scenario is does anybody know who won the scoring race? Does anybody care? Does anybody know who won the gold medal? See ya."

Nikolas Backstrom tested positive for a substance that apparently had no effect on playing in the gold medal game. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement that the banned substance Backstrom tested positive for was not on the NHL list of banned substances and it likely would not affect his playing status with the Capitals.

"Subject to confirmation of the facts as we understand them, and given the fact that the substance is neither prohibited in the NHL nor was used in an improper manner here, we do not anticipate there being any consequences relative to Nicklas' eligibility to participate in games for the Washington Capitals," Daly said.

Sweden already was playing without its initial No. 1 center, Henrik Zetterberg, who withdrew from the tournament after one game due to a herniated disk. Another top center, Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks, was sidelined before the Olympics began due to a rib injury.

"If we're going to compete with Canada we need all the best players here and unfortunately we have some injuries, and of course Backstrom, what happened with him, that affected us," Sweden coach Par Marts said. "It's only human beings sitting in there."