Four of six Ottawa Senators competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics were on the ice for Day 5 of the men’s hockey tournament.
Here’s how each of them fared.
Tim Stutzle (Germany)
The list of players with four goals at these Winter Olympics is rather short.
There’s Tim Stutzle and then there’s Macklin Celebrini. That’s it.
In the third period of a 5-1 loss to the United States on Sunday, Stutzle calmly avoided a diving Noah Hanifin in the slot and beat Connor Hellebuyck with a wrist shot over the glove to extend his Olympic goal streak to three games.
Sunday was less enjoyable for Stutzle and Team Germany than previous matches, though.
Stutzle’s giveaway on a breakout late in the first period ultimately led to Zach Werenski’s opening goal, a backbreaker nine seconds before the intermission.
During a TV timeout late in the second, Stutzle looked to be getting checked out by a team trainer on the sidelines. It’s unclear what was ailing him, but he played the rest of the game with seemingly no problems.
Stutzle had one goal, three shots and a minus-1 rating in 21:02 of ice time against Team USA.
Germany finished the preliminary round with a record of 1-0-2-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL), securing second place in Group C.
Here’s when you can catch Stutzle next:
Germany vs. France playoff — Tuesday, Feb. 17, time TBA
Jake Sanderson (USA)
Jake Sanderson had two assists in Team USA’s third straight win of the Olympics.
Jake Sanderson of Team USA and Germany’s Tim Stutzle vie for the puck on Sunday, Feb. 15 in Milan.
Sanderson pinched to keep the play alive in the German end, and eventually got the secondary assist on Tage Thompson’s 4-0 goal. The Sens defenceman later found Auston Matthews parked at the edge of the crease with a hard pass for a redirection to make it 5-0.
Sanderson had one shot and was plus-2 in 10:40 of ice time.
Brady Tkachuk (USA)
It’s a shame that no stats are being kept on hits at the Olympics because Brady Tkachuk might’ve set an all-time record.
He threw a massive check on Parker Tuomie in the first period, hounded Leon Draisaitl all game and absolutely ran over Kai Wissman at the Team USA blueline in the third.
Moritz Muller of Team Germany and Brady Tkachuk of Team USA collide in the third period on Sunday, Feb. 15 in Milan.
Tkachuk was receiving constant scoldings from the referees after whistles — just the way he likes it.
The Senators captain had the secondary assist on Brock Faber’s 3-0 goal, a weak wrister brutally botched by German netminder Maximilian Franzreb, and finished the game with two shots and a plus-1 rating in 14:12 of ice time.
Tkachuk had two goals and an assist in three round-robin games.
The United States finished the preliminary round with an undefeated record of 3-0-0-0 to win Group C, and will move onto the medal round as the No. 2 seed behind Canada.
Here’s when you can catch Tkachuk and Sanderson next:
USA vs. winner of Sweden/Latvia — Wednesday, Feb. 18, time TBA
Lars Eller (Denmark)
Lars Eller assisted on the 4-2 empty-net goal to help Denmark clinch a win over Latvia on Sunday.
Eller had one shot and a plus-1 rating in 17:29 of ice time in the victory.
He took a hooking penalty in the second that the Danes successfully killed off.
Mads Sogaard (Denmark)
After sustaining what looked to be a lower-body injury in a 6-3 loss to Team USA on Saturday, Mads Sogaard watched in street clothes as his fellow countrymen defeated Latvia on Sunday.
The 25-year-old told TSN’s Mark Masters that he “extended out on a shot in the second period (Saturday) and just felt a little something, and as the game went on it got progressively worse.”
It’s unclear whether Sogaard will be available to dress during the medal round, but regardless, it is Frederik Andersen’s crease from here on out.
Denmark finished the preliminary round with a record of 1-0-2-0, securing third place in Group C.
Here’s when you can catch Eller and Sogaard next:
Denmark vs. Czechia playoff — Tuesday, Feb. 17, time TBA
Nikolas Matinpalo (Finland)
Nikolas Matinpalo did not play on Sunday, as Team Finland wrapped up round-robin play on Saturday.
The Sens defenceman has one goal, four shots and a plus-2 rating in two games. Matinpalo is battling with Henri Jokiharju and Mikko Lehtonen for the final two spots in the Finns’ D corps for the medal round.
Finland finished the preliminary round with a record of 2-0-1-0, securing second place in Group B.
Here’s when you can catch Matinpalo next:
Finland vs. winner of Switzerland/Italy — Wednesday, Feb. 18, time TBA
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