NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2014. Here are the rosters and schedule, plus how to watch:

It’s Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with eight gold medals on the line. The first went to Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who added Alpine skiing’s super-G to his downhill and team combined titles. U.S. star Ryan Cochran-Siegle repeated his Beijing feat with a fine silver.

If Sweden and Finland aren't at the top of Group B at the conclusion of the preliminary round, then the Olympics will have turned upside down.

The NHL hosted the 4 Nations Face-Off in February of last year as a primer for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and to reintroduce fans to best-on-best hockey. Just a few months later in the Western Conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs,

Though Finland announced its roster Jan. 2, NHL.com is taking it a step further, taking our shot at what some countries' forward lines, defense pairs and goalie depth chart should look like.

Lehtonen is not the only player on Team Finland with Olympic experience. Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen was playing for HIFK in Liiga, Finland's top hockey league, and Seattle Kraken forward Eeli Tolvanen with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League, when they were Lehtonen's teammates at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.

Sebastian Aho called representing Finland in his Olympics debut “a dream come true” and the Carolina Hurricanes center is ready to win gold.

As the puck drops for men's hockey at the 2026 Olympics, these power rankings examine the squads on paper. Two things are for sure: the powerhouses have spectacular talents, but the underdogs have upset potential.

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games Men's Hockey Event The main event of the Olympic Winter Games is slotted to feature a competition among 12 participating teams in the 2026 Winter Olympics. These teams participating in the Winter Olympics shall be competing with other participants in different groups or categories.