U.S. hockey heroes Hilary Knight, Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes to appear on 'Tonight Show'

U.S. hockey heroes Hilary Knight, Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes to appear on 'Tonight Show'
Source: The New York Times

Team USA gold medal-winning brothers Quinn and Jack Hughes and gold medal-winning women's captain Hilary Knight will appear together on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Monday night, NBCUniversal announced Friday.

The Hughes brothers combined for 15 points in the Olympics, with Quinn scoring in overtime to beat Sweden in the quarterfinals and Jack, with missing teeth and a bloodied mouth after being high-sticked late in regulation, scoring in overtime to beat Canada in the gold-medal game.

Knight, in her fifth and final Olympics, scored the tying goal late in regulation to force overtime in the United States' eventual overtime win over Canada in the gold-medal game.

Quinn plays defense for the Minnesota Wild, and Jack plays forward for the New Jersey Devils. Knight, the longtime face of USA women's hockey, captains the PWHL Seattle Torrent.

"The Tonight Show" on Monday will also feature guests Nicole Kidman, Luke Thompson and a cooking demo by Chef Mario Carbone, the network announced. The show airs at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC and streams Tuesday on Peacock.

The Athletic also reported Thursday night that Quinn Hughes is expected to appear on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. There's a chance his brother, Jack, will also appear with him on "SNL," league sources told The Athletic. Jack's Devils play in St. Louis at 4 p.m. CT, and if they can make it back to the New York/New Jersey area on time, he plans to hustle over to the NBC Studios.

Heated Rivalry actor Connor Storrie is scheduled to host "SNL."

Quinn had a wild schedule this week.

He won the gold medal on Sunday. On Monday, he chartered with his U.S. teammates from Milan to Miami for a party at the nightclub E11EVEN. On Tuesday, he flew from Miami to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House and be honored during the State of the Union with his U.S. teammates. Jack was with him in Miami and Washington after they roomed together in the Olympic Village for the previous few weeks.

On Wednesday, Quinn boarded Wild owner Craig Leipold's private jet in Washington and flew to Minneapolis, where he met up with his Wild teammates and flew to Denver via charter to play the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night. After the game -- a 5-2 win -- he flew to Salt Lake City to play the Utah Mammoth on Friday night. After that game, he'll return to Minnesota and land Saturday morning. On Saturday, he'll fly to New York for "SNL." On Sunday, he'll return to Minnesota to play the St. Louis Blues." On Monday, he'll fly back to New York to do Fallon." On Tuesday," he'll fly back to Minnesota to play the Tampa Bay Lightning.