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The US women’s hockey team plays in the women’s hockey gold medal game Thursday, Feb. 19, and there are four Olympic men’s hockey games today on the men’s hockey schedule, but does the US men’s hockey play today?
According to the 2026 Winter Olympic schedule today, the men’s US hockey team plays next on Wednesday, Feb. 18, with high betting odds it’ll be USA vs Sweden in the men’s ice hockey quarterfinals, according to prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi.
Team USA men’s hockey will play the winner of today’s men’s qualifying game, Sweden vs Lativa — with a 90% probability Sweden wins today, with shares trading around 91 cents across both markets. Jam-packed with NHL players, US men’s ice hockey team blanked Sweden 5-0 in the men’s hockey semi-final game.
There are four men’s hockey games today, with Sweden vs Latvia at 3:10 p.m. ET, while four top-ranked men’s Olympic hockey teams have a bye today: Canada, USA, Slovakia and Finland. The Canada men’s hockey team, the favorite to win gold in men’s hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics, top the 2026 Olympic men’s hockey power rankings, with Team USA right on their heels.
As we wait the men’s Olympic gold medal game Sunday, Feb. 22, here’s the US men’s hockey schedule, what time the US men’s hockey team plays, and more.
Does the US men’s hockey team play today? When does the US men’s hockey play next?
The US men’s hockey team does not play today, Tuesday, Feb. 17, according to the 2026 Winter Olympic schedule., but the US men’s hockey team play again on Wednesday Feb. 18, at 3:10 p.m. ET. The US men’s hockey team plays the winner of Sweden vs Latvia game today, airing at 3:10 p.m. ET today, airing on USA Network and Peacock.
On the men’s hockey schedule today at Milan Cortina 2026, there are four men’s Olympic hockey games today in the qualifying rounds, with two games already over (both aired at 6:10 a.m. ET). Spoiler: Germany beat France and Switzerland beat Italy.
The US men’s hockey team won’t play today, Tuesday, Feb. 17, since Team USA earned a bye in the men’s qualifying rounds, along with the Canada men’s hockey team, Slovakia and Finland.
Olympics men’s hockey brackets; USA men’s hockey schedule
The US men’s hockey team does not play today, Feb. 17, but US men’s hockey plays again Wednesday, Feb. 18. The next game will either be USA vs Sweden or USA vs Latvia in the Olympic men’s quarterfinal game Wednesday. To see the Olympic men’s hockey bracket, head here.
Polymarket and Kalshi prediction markets for the winner of the Sweden vs Latvia game give the win to Sweden by an overwhelming 90%+ on live, real-time trading and betting. Sweden men’s hockey are two-time Olympic champions, but surprisingly finished third in Group B, despite beating group winners Slovakia and Italy.
What time is the US men’s hockey game? How to watch US men’s hockey
According to the Team USA men’s hockey schedule and the Olympic schedule today, the US men’s hockey team plays next on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 3:10 p.m. on NBC and Peacock. The US men’s Olympic hockey team will play Sweden or Latvia — the winner of today’s Sweden vs Latvia game, airing today at 3:10 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.
Olympic schedule today; men’s hockey games today
There are four 2026 Winter Olympics men’s hockey games today, Tuesday, Feb. 17, with two hockey games already over: Germany beat France and Switzerland beat Italy to advance to the men’s quarterfinals. Here’s today’s men’s Olympic hockey schedule:
What time is Sweden vs Latvia today? How to watch Sweden men’s hockey
To watch Sweden vs Latvia men’s hockey game today on TV, head to USA Network or you can stream the Sweden hockey team play Latvia on Peacock. According to the Olympic hockey schedule, the game will be streaming only until 3:50 p.m. ET, when it will switch to live game play on USA Network, You can also watch men’s Olympic hockey free on DirecTV with a trial.
You can also stream Olympic men’s hockey on Hulu + Live, YouTube TV, and Sling TV, where NBC and USA Network streams. You can also watch Peacock free through the Walmart+ 30-day free trial.
When is the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal game?
The men’s hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics is on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8:10 a.m. ET. Ahead of that, the men’s hockey semifinal games air on Friday, Feb. 20, with the men’s hockey bronze medal game on Saturday, Feb. 21. All games air on NBC, USA Network, or stream on Peacock.
Lori Comstock is a New Jersey-based journalist with the Mid-Atlantic Connect Team.
