Sweden will face Latvia in the men’s hockey qualification playoffs of the 2026 Winter Olympics at Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, with puck drop at 3:10 p.m. ET and streaming on Peacock, and TV coverage on USA Network.

Two teams with differing expectations meet in the first round of the knockout stage, as Lucas Raymond and Sweden take on Latvia in the men’s playoff qualifiers at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Severance is coming off an outstanding NHL season in which he went 235-155-21 (plus $2,022). He entered the Olympic break on a 26-12 roll on NHL money-line picks this season, returning $1,326 for $100 players. Anyone following his hockey picks at their favorite sportsbooks could have seen huge returns.

Why did USA draw a potential Sweden matchup? How does seeding works? When could USA play Canada?

The gold medal race is heating up in men's hockey in Milan Cortina, but there are plenty of individual performances that deserve recognition as well.

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 have begun. The men's hockey tournament, the first with NHL players since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, has reached the single-elimination playoff that will conclude with the gold medal game Sunday.

The kids are pretty good. The Sharks are one of the youngest teams in the NHL, but you wouldn’t have known it watching Saturday night’s 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks. The fourth-youngest team in the league came out firing in the first period ...

A routine NHL fight turned into an Olympic controversy after Tom Wilson's gloves hit the ice.

Olympic hockey knows all about big hits. That now includes ” Heated Rivalry ” a gay hockey romance TV series in which two players from opposing teams carry out a secret, long-term relationship. The steamy connection between the characters — Canadian Shane Hollander and Russian Ilya Rozanov — has attracted fans to both the show and the sport itself,

Fans of the NHL may notice a different when tuning in to Olympic hockey. Here is more on why Italy's hockey rink is smaller than the NHL's.