All six Ottawa Senators are in action on Saturday, the fourth day of men’s hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.
Here’s everything you need to know about how each of them fared.
Tim Stutzle (Germany)
Stutzle scored his third goal of the tournament in a 4-3 loss to Latvia on Saturday morning.
With the German net empty and chaos ensuing around the Latvian crease, Stutzle took a feed from Leon Draisaitl and shot the puck off of multiple bodies in front and in to cut it to 4-3 with 2:19 remaining in the third.
Germany had a myriad of opportunities to tie the game in the subsequent two minutes of 6-on-5, including hitting a post and getting multiple huge saves from Latvian netminder Arturs Silovs.
Stutzle finished with one goal, five shots and a plus-1 rating in 26:14 of ice time in the upset defeat. He is tied with Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky for the tournament lead in goals.
With a record of 1-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) Team Germany is in third place in Group C.
Here’s when you can catch Stutzle next:
USA vs. Germany — Sunday, Feb. 15 at 3:10 p.m. (TSN, CBC)
Nikolas Matinpalo (Finland)
What a moment for Matinpalo in his first ever Olympic game on Friday.
Seven minutes into the first period against Sweden, the 27-year-old got the puck at the top of the left faceoff circle, opened up his hips and sent a laser of a wrist shot off the left post and in past Filip Gustavsson to make it 1-0.
Matinpalo, who was scratched for Finland’s tournament-opening 4-1 loss to Slovakia on Wednesday, wore a subtle smile as he broke out of the post-goal group hug and headed to high-five the rest of his team on the bench.
Friday was Matinpalo’s first game action since Jan. 24, and only his third game of 2026. He has been a frequent healthy scratch with the Senators.
On Saturday, the Finns dominated host Italy 11-0 and clinched second place in Group B. Matinpalo had two shots and a plus-1 rating in 8:09 of ice time in the drubbing.
It’s difficult to say whether he’ll dress during the medal round. Right now, it’s between Matinpalo, Henri Jokiharju and Mikko Lehtonen for the final two spots in the D corps. Jokiharju had an assist in 8:54 of ice time on Saturday; Lehtonen was a healthy scratch.
Here’s when you can catch Matinpalo next:
Team Finland (2-0-0-1) will likely finish as the top second-place team and get a bye into the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 18. If that happens, they could play at 6:10 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 12:10 p.m. or 3:10 p.m. (CBC).
Brady Tkachuk, Jake Sanderson (USA)
Tkachuk and Sanderson will each play his second game of the tournament on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. when the United States takes on Denmark (TSN).
Tkachuk had a goal and three shots in 15:33 of ice time in Team USA’s 5-1 win against Latvia on Thursday; Sanderson has two shots in 16:18.
Team USA (1-0-0-0) is first place in Group C.
Lars Eller, Mads Sogaard (Denmark)
Eller will play his second game of the tournament on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. when Denmark takes on the United States (TSN).
Mads Sogaard could get the call in net against Team USA, after coach Mikael Gath said he would not start Frederik Andersen for a second straight game, likely opting to save his No. 1 goalie for a more winnable game against Latvia on Sunday.
Eller had four shots and one minor penalty for tripping Stutzle in a 3-1 loss to Germany on Thursday; Sogaard dressed as the backup goalie.
Team Denmark (0-0-0-1) is in last place in Group C.