{"id":454547,"date":"2026-02-11T16:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/454547\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:41:17","slug":"how-to-watch-nhl-players-return-to-olympics-start-times-streaming-info-local-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/454547\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch NHL Players Return to Olympics: Start Times, Streaming Info, Local Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILAN — For the first time in 12 years, NHL players will hit Olympic ice on Wednesday, Feb. 11 in Milan. With the opening face-off on deck, let’s look at the full breadth of the tournament and the 2026 Olympic men’s hockey schedule.<\/p>\n

The three teams in The Sporting Tribune coverage area will be well represented across seven of the 12 nations in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament:<\/p>\n

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Anaheim Ducks<\/a>\u00a0(6): Jackson LaCombe (USA, defenseman), Mikael Granlund (Finland, forward, captain), Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dost\u00e1l (Czechia, goaltender), Radko Gudas (Czechia, defenseman, assistant captain), prospect Damian Clara (Italy, goaltender)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Kings<\/a>\u00a0(5): Drew Doughty (Canada, defenseman), Darcy Kuemper (Canada, goaltender), Adrian Kempe (Sweden, forward), Joel Armia (Finland, foward), Kevin Fiala (Switzerland, foward)<\/p>\n

Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>\u00a0(7): Jack Eichel (USA, forward), Noah Hanifin (USA, defenseman), Mitch Marner (Canada, forward), Mark Stone (Canada, forward), Shea Theodore (Canada, defenseman), Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hertl (Czechia, forward), Akira Schmid (Switzerland, foward)<\/p>\n

The 12 national teams will be split into three groups, which will play round-robin from Wednesday, Feb. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 15:<\/p>\n

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Group A: Canada, Czechia, France, Switzerland
Group B: Finland, Italy, Slovakia, Sweden
Group C:\u00a0Denmark, Germany, Latvia, United States of America<\/p>\n

The three group winners and best second-place team all advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams play in a qualification playoff round. The qualification playoffs are Tuesday, Feb. 17 with the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The semifinals will follow on Feb. 20 with the bronze medal match on Feb. 21 and gold medal game on Feb. 22 to close the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

In the United States, all Olympic men’s hockey games will be streamed live on Peacock with a large selection of the games broadcast on USA Network and a handful on CNBC. Big network NBC will broadcast one quarterfinal match-up, one semifinal and the gold medal game.<\/p>\n

2026 Olympic Men’s Hockey Schedule<\/p>\n

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Below is the full Olympic men’s hockey schedule with start times and broadcast and streaming information:<\/p>\n

(All times Pacific Standard Time)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Feb. 11<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group B
Slovakia vs Finland, 7:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Sweden vs. Italy, 12:10 p.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 12<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group A
Switzerland vs. France, 3:10 a.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Czechia vs. Canada, 7:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group C
Latvia vs. United States, 12:10 p.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Germany vs. Denmark, 12:10 p.m. (USA, Peacock) — Rho Arena<\/p>\n

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Friday, Feb. 13<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group B
Finland vs. Sweden, 3:10 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santaguilia Arena
Italy vs. Slovakia, 3:10 a.m. (Peacock) — Rho Arena<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group A
France vs. Czechia, 7:40 a.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:10 p.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Saturday, Feb. 14<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group B
Sweden vs Slovakia, 3:10 a.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Finland vs. Italy, 7:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group C
Germany vs. Latvia, 3:10 a.m. (CNBC, Peacock) — Rho Arena
USA vs. Denmark, 12:10 p.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

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Sunday, Feb. 15<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group A
Switzerland vs. Czechia, 3:10 a.m. (CNBC, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Canada vs. France, 7:40 a.m. (USA, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Group C
Denmark vs. Latvia, 10:10 a.m. (CNBC, Peacock) — Rho Arena
USA vs. Germany, 12:10 p.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Tuesday Feb. 17<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Qualification Playoffs
Qualification playoff, 3:10 a.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Qualification playoff, 3:10 a.m. (Peacock) — Rho Arena
Qualification playoff, 7:40 a.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Qualification playoff, 12:10 p.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, Feb. 18<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal, 3:10 a.m. (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Quarterfinal, 7:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Quarterfinal, 9:10 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Rho Arena
Quarterfinal, 12:10 p.m. (NBC, (Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Friday, Feb. 20<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Semifinals
Semifinal, 7:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena
Semifinal, 12:10 p.m. (NBC, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Saturday, Feb. 21<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Bronze Medal Game
Bronze medal game, 11:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n

Sunday, Feb. 22<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hockey, Gold Medal Game
Gold medal game, 5:10 a.m. (NBC, Peacock) — Santagiulia Arena<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN — For the first time in 12 years, NHL players will hit Olympic ice on Wednesday, Feb.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[366,2831,233,19,368,18076,883,149,5317,48082,5,1041,1709,973,1270,145,1040,1271,533,4,2833,49040,9464,9,74,39,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-454547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-adrian-kempe","9":"tag-akira-schmid","10":"tag-anaheim-ducks","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-darcy-kuemper","13":"tag-dostal","14":"tag-drew-doughty","15":"tag-golden-knights","16":"tag-goldenknights","17":"tag-hertl","18":"tag-hockey","19":"tag-jack-eichel","20":"tag-jackson-lacombe","21":"tag-joel-armia","22":"tag-kevin-fiala","23":"tag-los-angeles-kings","24":"tag-mark-stone","25":"tag-mikael-granlund","26":"tag-mitch-marner","27":"tag-nhl","28":"tag-noah-hanifin","29":"tag-peacock","30":"tag-radko-gudas","31":"tag-shea-theodore","32":"tag-vegas","33":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","34":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116052995922406624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}