Team USA defeats Germany 5-1 to close 2026 Winter Games group play, earning a quarterfinal bye and a matchup with Latvia or Sweden.

The Germans will meet Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Games

Team USA cruised to a 5-1 win over Germany as it closed preliminary round play with a perfect 3-0-0-0 record. Captain Auston Matthews led his team with three points, and the Americans played a more complete game as they rolled into the quarterfinals.

JJ Peterka, a Utah Mammoth forward, scored his first goal of the Olympics to give Germany at 3-0 lead at 18:13, taking a pass in the middle of the ice from Stutzle and driving to the net before flipping a backhand shot over Junca. The goal came with Stutzle (Ottawa Senators) and Draisaitl skating on the same line with Peterka.

The U.S. men's hockey team looks to keep its momentum going. Here's how to watch the Americans take on Germany.

Follow along for the latest live updates as the U.S. men’s hockey team takes on Germany on Sunday afternoon.

Germany has a history of excellent showings at the Winter Olympics. They had the third-most medals in 2022, the second-most in 2018, the sixth-most in 2014, the second-most in 2010, the most in 2006 and 2002, so on and so forth. The German men’s hockey ...

MILAN — Sweden is looming for the United States, which appears likely to face one of the tournament’s best teams in a do-or-die elimination game far earlier than anyone expected. The good news from Sunday,

Team USA defeated Germany, 5-1, to complete their perfect group stage at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, with Auston Matthews scoring twice in the win.

MILAN — Moritz Muller still gets goosebumps eight years later when thinks about the run to the gold medal game that he and his Germany teammates went on at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. “Getting into the finals was unbelievable,” Muller said.