set up a battle between two of the NHL's best forwards -- and a rematch of the 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Finals. Panthers star Matthew Tkachuk and Oilers standout Leon Draisaitl were expected to set off fireworks in their Olympic clash. They did just that on Sunday evening -- albeit in an unexpected way. Tkachuk delivered quite the insult towards Draisaitl, whose side fell behind by as many as five goals en route to a 5-1 win. The moment was made all the more memorable by a hot microphone, which captured Tkachuk's quips during the second period. Here's what you need to know. MORE 2026 OLYMPICS: | | Matthew Tkachuk caught trash-talking Leon Draisaitl Tkachuk was caught chirping at Draisaitl partway through the second period. The two-time Stanley Cup champion had Will Clark Jersey a go at the German supernova while they were headed to the bench. "Always the bridesmaid, eh Leon?" Tkachuk said. "Always the bridesmaid, never the bride." Always the bridesmaid eh Leon? Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. 10,000 Takes (@10k_Takes) Tkachuk would know something about Draisaitl's toils in big games. Draisaitl has been to two Stanley Cup Finals. He suffered defeats in both of them, falling to Tkachuk's Panthers each time. MORE: Draisaitl's individual honors far exceed those of Tkachuk's. He's a Hart Trophy, Art Ro s Trophy and Rocket Richard Trophy winner who has placed inside the top-10 in Hart voting five times. And yet, that hasn't proved all that helpful in helping Draisaitl achieve team succe s. He captured a silver medal at the 2016 World Championships with Germany. Still, that would track with Tkachuk's a sertion that Draisaitl has yet to take home a major title of his own. When asked about his remarks postgame, Tkachuk indicated that the Americans' first line looked to impose their physicality upon Draisatl and fellow German forward Tim Stutzle. He paid special mention to Jack Eichel, one of the NHL's best two-way forwards. Some guys you got to play, you know, harder than most, physically and maybe after the whistle sometimes, too," Tkachuk said. "But I thought our line, I thought [Eichel] especially, did an unbelievable job of giving him and their line nothing tonight. That was something talked about going in, that we got to be hard on him, and [Sttzle], some of these guys over here, some high-end talent. Thought we did a great job. Steve Ontiveros Jersey