{"id":455965,"date":"2026-02-12T19:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/455965\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:25:13","slug":"updated-playoff-bracket-and-team-usa-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/455965\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Playoff Bracket and Team USA Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team USA is right on track to win a gold medal<\/a> in women\u2019s hockey after a dominant showing in the preliminary round. <\/p>\n

Through four games, Team USA outscored its opponents 20\u20131. Captain Hilary Knight and crew capped off the preliminary round by handing Canada a 5\u20130 loss<\/a> on Tuesday\u2014the country\u2019s first shutout defeat in 41 Olympic tilts. In similar fashion, the U.S. also defeated Czechia 5\u20131<\/a>, Finland 5\u20130 and Switzerland 5\u20130<\/a> in the preliminary round and enters the medal round as the clear favorites to stand atop the podium.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s still work to be done. Three games separate the U.S. from its third gold medal in women\u2019s hockey since the event first entered the Olympic Games in 1998.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the final preliminary standings and an updated bracket as the puck drops in the medal round:<\/p>\n

Final standings from women\u2019s hockey preliminary round at the 2026 Winter Olympics <\/p>\n

First, an overview of the format: 10 teams entered the Olympic Games with a chance to win gold in women\u2019s hockey. They were separated into two groups of five. All five of the teams from Group A\u2014Team USA, Canada, Finland, Czechia and Switzerland\u2014advance to the knockout medal round, while only the top three teams in Group B move on to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Group A final standingsTeam USA (12 points; 4\u20130 record)Canada (9 points; 3\u20131 record)Czechia (4 points; 1\u20132\u20131 record)Finland (3 points; 1\u20133 record)Switzerland (2 points; 1\u20133 record; lone win was in OT)Group B final standingsSweden (12 points; 4\u20130 record)Germany (8 points; 3\u20131 record)Italy (6 points; 2\u20132 record)Japan (3 points; 1\u20133 record)France (1 point 0\u20134 record; one loss was in OT)<\/p>\n

Japan and France\u2014the two bottom-dwellers in Group B\u2014are eliminated. <\/p>\n

Women\u2019s hockey bracket at the 2026 Winter Olympics<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the bracket for the quarterfinals. Teams will be reseeded after the quarterfinals so the top-ranked remaining team will take on the worst-ranked seed, and the second-best remaining team will battle the second-worst seed. <\/p>\n

\"Bracket\"<\/p>\n

The quarterfinal matchups for women\u2019s hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics. | IIHF \/ X<\/p>\n

Olympics women\u2019s hockey playoff round: Full schedule<\/p>\n

All Olympic women\u2019s hockey games will stream live on Peacock, and some will air live on USA Network.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/p>\n

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

Game 1: No. 3 Czechia vs. No. 6 Sweden\u201410:40 a.m. ET
Game 2: No. 1 Team USA vs. No. 8 Italy\u20143:10 p.m. ET (USA Network)<\/p>\n

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

Game 3: No. 2 Canada vs. No. 7 Germany\u201410:40 a.m. ET
Game 4: No. 4 Finland vs. No. 5 Switzerland\u20143:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Semifinals<\/p>\n

Monday, Feb. 16<\/p>\n

Game 1: TBD vs. TBD\u201410:40 a.m. ET
Game 2: TBD vs. TBD\u20143:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Bronze medal game<\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 19<\/p>\n

Matchup: TBD vs. TBD\u20148:40 a.m. ET (USA Network coverage at 12 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n

Gold medal game<\/p>\n

Thursday, Feb. 19<\/p>\n

Matchup: TBD vs. TBD\u20141:10 p.m. ET (USA Network)<\/p>\n

More Winter Olympics on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA is right on track to win a gold medal in women\u2019s hockey after a dominant showing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463,464],"tags":[5,4,60,14,104,718],"class_list":{"0":"post-455965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl-playoffs","8":"category-stanley-cup-playoffs","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-nhl-playoffs","12":"tag-stanley-cup","13":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs","14":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116059303977715463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455965","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=455965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}