Brad Gushue and Team Canada have been relegated to the bronze-medal game at Beijing 2022.

Gushue's rink gave up a steal of one in the 10th end to fall 5-3 to Niklas Edin and Team Sweden on Thursday in their semifinal. Gushue attempted to earn two points in the final end rather than go to an 11th end, but couldn't pull off the take out he was looking for.

"I liked our chances of winning in our own hands," Gushue said. "We took the chance and just missed."

As expected, it was a tight defensive battle against Edin. Gushue felt he had a better chance of making his final shot in the 10th rather than getting a steal in the extra end.

"It was an extremely difficult shot and we literally missed it by a whisker," Gushue said. "It's less than a millimetre on the top rock."

Britain's Bruce Mouat beat American John Shuster 8-4 in the other semifinal. As a result, Gushue will face the United States as he tries to add bronze to his collection after winning Olympic gold at Turin 2006. Canada missed the podium in the men's tournament at PyeongChang 2018 after winning gold at each of the previous three Olympic Games.

Gushue will play Shuster for bronze on Friday and Mouat and Edin will meet for gold on Saturday.

“It’s going to be a super, super interesting final,” Edin said. “I think it might be nerve-wracking to play, but I think it’s going to be a super well-played game.”