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Team USA entered the 2026 Olympics with high expectations and started off with a decisive win over Latvia

The 5-1 win puts the U.S. atop the Group C standings. Here's how it went down, and what comes next.

The U.S. opened Olympic play by rolling past Latvia on Thursday night in a showcase of some of the country's best NHL players.

Macklin Celebrini scored Canada's first goal in the return of NHL players to the Olympics and Jordan Binnington stopped all 26 shots he faced in a 5-0 defeat of Czechia.

Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice to pick up where he left off four years ago as Slovakia pulled off an upset in the first men's hockey game of the Milan Cortina Olympics by beating Finland 4-1.

With the return of NHL players to the Olympics, Canada is favored to win the gold medal at +115 odds followed by the U.S. at +175, per DraftKings.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman noted progress made in the league gaining more access to Olympic hockey content.

Auston Matthews has been named captain for Team USA's men's hockey team at the 2026 Olympics.

Czechia has to do without Pavel Zacha at the Milan Cortina Games as the Boston Bruins center will not recover in time from injury for the Olympic hockey tournament in a blow for the Czechs.

Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna will have his felony aggravated assault charge dropped, the Centre County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.

As 12 teams face off for gold in Milan Cortina, here are the players who will have the biggest impact.

It was a dominant start for the tournament's gold-medal favorite. Here's how they rolled -- and what's next.

Here are the top players to know, each team's medal chances and schedule, and much more.