The United States is among eight Olympic men’s hockey teams in action on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Milano Cortina Winter Games as the groups complete preliminary round play.
Team USA faces Germany, which has seven NHL players, including the Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl, who is fifth in the league in points.
Draisaitl scored 23 seconds into the game and the Ottawa Senators’ Tim Stutzle scored twice in the second period in Germany’s 3-1 opening win over Denmark.
Team USA and Germany will be playing back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday.
Teams play one game each against the other three teams in their group. Countries get three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime win, one for an overtime/shootout loss and zero for a regulation loss.
Group winners and best second-place teams get a bye to the quarterfinals. Teams 5-12 play in a qualifying round on Feb. 17, with the winners going to the Feb. 18 quarterfinals.
Complete men’s hockey Olympics schedule and standings.
Contributing: Helene St. James, Mike Brehm
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