This was yet another dominant Olympics for Canada, who went undefeated throughout all six of their games. In the preliminaries, they beat Norway (3–1), Austria (6–0), and Finland (2–1 OT). Canada also won close games against Latvia (2–1) and the U.S. (1–0) before meeting Sweden. Prior to facing Canada, Sweden’s tournament was also filled with wins, as they took down Czechia (4–2), Switzerland (1–0), Latvia (5–3), Slovenia (5–0), and Finland (2–1) before ultimately losing to Canada.
