The U.S. turned up the heat right from the opening puck drop of the second period, and it was all Team USA in the final 40 minutes. The Americans had the Latvians running around in their own zone for the entire second period, and Brock Nelson managed to bury a couple of goals.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. The Canadian men's hockey team defeated Switzerland 5-1 in today's preliminary round face-off.

Team Canada took down Switzerland, 5-1, in a preliminary round game at the 2026 Olympics. See the highlights from the game.

Day 7 of the 2026 Winter Olympics was a big one for Canada in team events as both the men's hockey squad and men's curlers stayed undefeated

The United States men's hockey team will try to win its first Winter Olympics gold medal since 1980 at the Milan Cortina Games.

At the Winter Olympics today, Ilia Malinin skates for gold, the USA women's hockey team plays, and men's halfpipe is settled. Follow along live.

Canada is playing its first game in men's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics, taking on Czechia. With NHL players competing in the Olympics for the first time in 12 years, today's game marks the Olympic debut of several star players including Connor McDavid,

The 2026 Olympic schedule is jam-packed Friday, with the gold medal awarded in men's figure skating, the continuation of women's hockey with quarterfinal action, and speed skating, snowboarding, and cross country skiing medal events.

The quarterfinals for women's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics feature the United States, Canada, Czechia, Finland and Italy, among others.