2026 Milano Cortina Olympics qualification playoff video games preview

No. 5 Switzerland vs. No. 12 Italy (6:10 a.m. ET; Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC)

Team Switzerland (1-1-1-0, second in Group A) gained the primary extra time recreation of this match when it defeated Team Czechia 4-3 on Sunday. J.J. Moser (Tampa Bay Lightning) has 4 factors (one purpose, three assists) in three video games, probably the most factors for a Swiss defenseman in a match with NHL gamers. Team Italy went 0-0-3-0 in preliminaries to complete fourth in Group B. This is the second time Switzerland and Italy have squared off in Winter Games that embrace NHL gamers (1998 Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake City, 2006 Torino, 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Olympics). The first was a 3-3 tie in a preliminary recreation of the Torino Olympics on Feb. 21, 2006.

No. 6 Germany vs. No. 11 France (6:10 a.m. ET; Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC)

Team Germany (1-0-2-0, second in Group C) is coming off two straight losses within the preliminary spherical, 4-3 to Team Latvia on Saturday and 5-1 to Team USA on Sunday. Forward Tim Stutzle (Ottawa Senators) leads Germany with 4 objectives in three video games. France (0-0-3-0, fourth in Group A) is led by ahead Louis Boudon, who has three factors (two objectives, one help) in three video games. These two have performed as soon as earlier than in Winter Games with NHL gamers, a 2-0 win for Germany within the preliminaries on the Nagano Olympics on Feb. 10, 1998.

No. 7 Sweden vs. No. 10 Latvia (3:10 p.m. ET; Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC)

Team Sweden (2-0-1-0, third in Group B) is coming off a 5-3 win towards Slovakia to wrap up their preliminary video games. The Swedes haven’t been afraid to shoot; with 51 pictures towards Slovakia and 60 towards Italy, they’re the one staff to report a number of 50-shot video games in a single Olympic 12 months involving NHL gamers. Latvia (1-0-2-0, fourth in Group C) misplaced 4-2 to Denmark on Sunday. Zemgus Girgensons has 4 assists to this point, tying Sandis Ozolinsch (Salt Lake City, 2002) for probably the most assists by a Latvian skater in an Olympic match with NHL gamers. Sweden has gained the 2 instances it’s beforehand performed Latvia in Winter Games that includes NHL gamers: 6-1 in a preliminary recreation on the Torino Olympics on Feb. 18, 2006, and in a 5-3 first-round choice on the Sochi Olympics on Feb. 15, 2014.

No. 8 Czechia vs. No. 9 Denmark (10:40 a.m. ET; Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC)

Czechia (1-0-1-1, third in Group A) is coming off a 4-3 extra time loss to Switzerland on Sunday. Forward Martin Necas (Colorado Avalanche), who scored to power extra time, leads Czechia with 5 factors (two objectives, three assists) in three video games. Team Denmark (1-0-2-0, third in Group C) gained its first recreation of this match on Sunday, holding off Latvia 4-2. Forward Nikolaj Ehlers (Carolina Hurricanes) scored his first profession Olympic purpose, which was the game-winner, on Sunday. Denmark defeated Czechia on the 2022 Beijing Olympics, however the two have by no means confronted one another in Winter Games that embrace NHL gamers.