The 2026 Olympic males’s hockey match is all the way down to its last two video games, following an exciting day of semifinal motion on Friday.
The highest 4 seeds squared off for the suitable to play for the gold medal: No. 1 Canada vs. No. 4 Finland and No. USA vs. No. 3 Slovakia.
Listed below are the highest moments from each video games, as Canada and the U.S. gained to arrange an all-North American conflict on Sunday. Slovakia and Finland will play for the bronze on Saturday.
Learn on for the schedule of video games for the day, main aim scorers and goaltenders, greatest bets from Sean Allen, and the most recent Olympic males’s hockey headlines.
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Bronze medal recreation:
Slovakia vs. Finland, 2:40 p.m. Saturday | USA/Peacock
Gold medal recreation:
Canada vs. USA, 8:10 a.m. Sunday | NBC/Peacock
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Notice: Odds by DraftKings Sportsbook, topic to vary.
May you argue that there’s extra on the road for the bronze medal recreation than within the duel for gold Sunday? In spite of everything, even the loser of Sunday’s inevitable tilt between Canada and the U.S. will get to take a medal residence.
No, that is a foolish sentiment. All of the gamers on each the Slovakian and Finnish golf equipment need to take residence some {hardware} from Italy.
Each groups to attain (excluding additional time): No (+390)
Though he began the match by coughing up three targets on 24 pictures to this identical Slovak squad, Juuse Saros has improved because the match progressed, culminating in him virtually claiming the title of public enemy No. 1 in Canada together with his 36-save efficiency within the semifinal Friday. Of his 9 targets allowed within the match, 4 have come on the facility play. If Finland can keep out of the field, Saros will write a unique script than the 4-1 loss to Slovakia that opened the match again on Feb. 11. — Allen
Anytime aim scorer: Mikko Rantanen (+120)
Rantanen has not less than one level in every of the previous three video games when the Finnish squad has the numbers benefit. It additionally occurs that Slovakia has given up essentially the most energy performs within the match by a large margin (22, seven greater than second place). — Allen
Juraj Slafkovsky pictures on aim: 4+ (+105)
Juraj Slafkovsky, the reigning Olympics MVP, continues to be discovering that subsequent stage in worldwide play on this match. He has not less than some extent in each recreation (4 targets, 4 assists) and a team-leading 22 pictures. This does not should be mutually unique with the Saros prop above if we goal these pictures on aim. Though the Finns are primed to restrict probabilities on this rematch given their improved play by way of the match, Slafkovsky ought to nonetheless get probabilities.
His shot totals by way of the match have been 4 (Finland), seven (Italy), 4 (Sweden), 5 (Germany) and two (United States); so he has been a shot machine when not dealing with the stalwart American protection. — Allen
Parlay: +2110
Should you wished up the ante, all three of those props can coexist with a Finland bronze win in a shutdown defensive recreation and would parlay at +2110. — Allen
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