{"id":461981,"date":"2026-02-18T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/461981\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:52:12","slug":"how-to-watch-team-usa-vs-sweden-in-2026-olympics-mens-hockey-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/461981\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Team USA vs. Sweden in 2026 Olympics men\u2019s hockey quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletic has live coverage of Canada vs Czechia<\/a> in the 2026 Winter Olympics men\u2019s hockey quarterfinal<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Following an undefeated stretch in the preliminary round, Team USA\u2019s men\u2019s Olympic hockey team bypassed qualifying altogether and advanced to the quarterfinals, awaiting its next opponent. On Tuesday, it was decided: With its 5-1 rout of Latvia, Sweden punched its ticket to the next round, moving one step closer to the podium.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the United States picked the short straw, and it can\u2019t afford to take the Swedes lightly. Slovakia won Group B, not Sweden, despite the latter\u2019s more NHL-laden roster. On the other hand, the U.S. hasn\u2019t been on the ice since Sunday, while its opponent just fought to see another day exactly 24 hours before Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

How to watch USA vs. Sweden in the men\u2019s hockey quarterfinals
\nVenue: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena\u00a0\u2014 Milan
\nDate: Wednesday, Feb. 18
\nTime: 3:10 p.m. ET
\nTV: NBC
\nStreaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out The Athletic\u2019s Olympic schedule interactive page<\/a> and Games Briefing<\/a>, a daily Olympics newsletter.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it depends on your view of the glass: This is either a genuine test that will further prepare Team USA for the final stages of the tournament, or it\u2019s a bad draw for the Americans that could bring a sudden and unexpected end to their gold medal pursuit.<\/p>\n

The U.S. didn\u2019t play to its full potential in the prelims, a statement best exemplified by a shaky 6-3 victory over Denmark<\/a> last weekend. The Danes took a 2-1 advantage into the second period before Team USA pulled away, getting six goals from six different players. Even still, the U.S. decidedly went 3-0 and did what it needed to do to get to the meat of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Sweden arrives to the quarterfinals having gone 3-1, with victories over Italy, Slovakia and Latvia and a 4-1 loss to Finland. Notably, the Swedes took down Team USA when they last met at the 4 Nations Face-Off in 2025. The U.S. had Jake Oettinger in goal that day, however \u2014 not a well-rested Connor Hellebuyck, who will be manning the net Wednesday. If you\u2019re looking for an X-factor, you\u2019ve got one.<\/p>\n

Team USA\u2019s bout with Sweden is the last of four quarterfinal matchups on Wednesday\u2019s schedule. The full roadmap is as follows:<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s hockey schedule<\/p>\n

All times below are ET.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/p>\n

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

Slovakia vs. Germany: 6:10 a.m. (Peacock)
\nCanada vs. Czechia: 10:40 a.m. (USA, Peacock)
\nFinland vs. Switzerland: 12:10 p.m. (Peacock)
\nUSA vs. Sweden: 3:10 p.m. (NBC, Peacock)
\nSemifinals<\/p>\n

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

Semifinal 1:\u00a010:40 a.m. (Peacock); 11:50 a.m. (USA, joined in progress)
\nSemifinal 2: 3:10 p.m. (NBC, Peacock)
\nFinals<\/p>\n

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

Bronze medal final:\u00a02:40 p.m. (USA, Peacock)<\/p>\n

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

Gold medal final:\u00a08:10 a.m. (NBC, Peacock)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletic has live coverage of Canada vs Czechia in the 2026 Winter Olympics men\u2019s hockey quarterfinal. Following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[377],"tags":[5,4,2602],"class_list":{"0":"post-461981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-olympics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116091731789543564","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461981","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=461981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}