With the United States’ win over Germany on Sunday afternoon, the preliminary round portion of the Men’s Hockey schedule at the 2026 Winter Olympics has officially come to an end.

Next up is the qualifying round, which will see eight teams face off on Tuesday, February 17th. The winners of these games will move on to the quarterfinal round of games, which takes place on Wednesday, February 18th. Here’s a preview of each matchup, and a word on the teams who won’t be competing in this round of action as well.

Kicking things off will be Germany and France. Germany’s sole win of the preliminary round came in the form of a 3-1 win over Denmark in each nation’s first game of the tournament back on February 12th. Meanwhile, France hasn’t yet won a game, losing to Switzerland, Czechia, and Canada. France has been outscored 20-5 across three games. The winner of this game will go on to play Slovakia on Wednesday in the Quarterfinals.

If you thought France was having a tough tournament…

Despite nearly giving Team Sweden an early-tournament scare thanks to some stellar goaltending from 21-year-old Anaheim Ducks second round pick Damian Clara, Team Italy is coming off an 11-0 loss at the hands of Finland to close out their preliminary round games. They did only lose 3-2 to Slovakia, however, and a matchup with the Swiss could prove to be an opportunity for Italy to pull off an upset.  The winner of this game plays Finland in the Quarterfinals.

Czechia’s lone win of this year’s Games came in the form of a 6-3 win over France. They lost to Switzerland in overtime, and were given a 5-0 beatdown at the hands of Canada to open their tournament. Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek has played a big role for Czechia to this point, and will be looking to lead his country past Denmark and into the Quarterfinals on Tuesday. Denmark made things interesting in their game against the United States, but have just one win to this point, a 4-2 victory over Latvia that came on Sunday.

Finally, Canucks forward Elias Pettersson will look to build off his 2-goal performance from Saturday’s 5-3 win over Slovakia as Sweden looks to earn a spot in the Quartefinals. Sweden beat Italy in their first preliminary round game, and should be feeling good about themselves after knocking off Slovakia, who are already through to the Quarterfinals as the winners of Group B. Meanwhile, Latvia seeks to pull off an upset after winning just one of their three preliminary round games. Arturs Silovs appears to be Latvia’s choice in goal, and Canucks fans know very well what he is capable of in big games…

The Quarterfinal round games will take place on Wednesday, February 18th. Canada, Slovakia, Finland, and the United States advanced directly to the Quarterfinals after strong showings in their preliminary-round games. Here’s who’s waiting for who, and when each game will take place:

Slovakia vs. winner of Germany vs. France: 3:10 AM PT
Canada vs. winner of Czechia vs. Denmark: 7:40 AM PT
Finland vs. winner of Switzerland vs. Italy: 9:10 AM PT
USA vs. winner of Sweden vs. Latvia: 12:10 PM PT

After that, there will be reseeding for the two semi-final games, which take place on Friday, February 20th. But we’ll get there when we get there.

Canada – 1
USA – 2
Slovakia – 3
Finland -4
Switzerland – 5
Germany – 6
Sweden – 7
Czechia – 8
Denmark – 9
Latvia – 10
France – 11
Italy – 12