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Olympic Notebook: Playoff round set as Canada clinches top spot in men’s tournament

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Team Canada’s men’s hockey team took care of business at the Olympics on Sunday, hammering France 10-2 to secure top spot in the tournament standings and a bye to the quarterfinals.
Canada wrapped up group stage play with a perfect 3-0 record, defeating France, Switzerland, and Czechia by a combined score of 20-3.
Connor McDavid leads the tournament with nine points in three games in his Olympic debut, while Sidney Crosby passed Jarome Iginla for the most Olympic points by a Canadian NHL player in his third appearance at the Games. Macklin Celebrini also made history, becoming the youngest player ever to score on a penalty shot at the Olympics at 19 years old.
Canada will now await the winner of Tuesday’s qualification-round matchup between Czechia and Denmark. Czechia finished third in Group A after a 5-0 loss to Canada, an overtime loss to Switzerland, and a win over France. Denmark placed third in Group C, beating Latvia while falling to the United States and Germany.
USA in second place after win over Germany
The United States also swept its group with three wins in three games but finished second overall behind Canada due to goal differential.
After Canada’s dominant win over France, the U.S. needed a double-digit victory over Germany to match Canada’s differential. Instead, they cruised to a 5-1 win, clinching top spot in Group C and second place in the overall standings.
Auston Matthews leads Team USA with three goals and five points in three games. Matthew Tkachuk has five assists, Quinn Hughes has four points from the blue line, and Connor Hellebuyck has stopped 40 of 42 shots in his two starts for a .952 save percentage.
The U.S. will face the winner of Tuesday’s qualification-round game between Sweden and Latvia in the quarterfinals. Germany will take on France, with the winner advancing to face Slovakia.
Slovakia wins three-way tie at the top of Group B
Group B delivered the tournament’s most dramatic finish, with Slovakia, Finland, and Sweden all posting identical 2-0-1 records.
Slovakia opened with a win over Finland, Finland responded by defeating Sweden, and Sweden closed the circle by beating Slovakia. All three handled Italy, forcing the tiebreaker down to goal differential in games between the tied teams. Thanks to a late goal in their loss to Sweden, Slovakia narrowly claimed top spot.
SWEDEN WINS, BUT A LAST-MINUTE GOAL BY SLOVAKIA JUST WON THEM THE GROUP 🤯🇸🇪🇸🇰
Finland also earned a bye as the top second-place team in the tournament and will face the winner of Switzerland versus Italy in the quarterfinals.
Canada seeking rematch with USA in women’s hockey
On the women’s side, the headline moment of the tournament remains the United States’ 5-0 dismantling of defending gold medalist Canada during group play.
The Americans finished 4-0 with a dominant 20-1 goal differential to claim top spot in the standings. Both teams advanced comfortably through the quarterfinals and now move on to Monday’s semifinals, with Canada facing Switzerland and the United States taking on Sweden.
If both favorites advance, the tournament will deliver the rematch everyone expected, and one that now carries even more edge given how the U.S. has dominated the head-to-head lately.
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