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Griffin Missant
The first half of the 2025-26 NHL season has concluded, and if this is any indication, we are prepared for an exhilarating final few months.
However, before we can make it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the NHL will break for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
WATCH: Hockey at the Winter Olympics LIVE on Peacock
As the league hits the reset button after the first half, this intermission permits NHL players to partake in the Milan 2026 Winter Olympics.
Approximately 150 current players are set to compete at the Winter Games, and all 32 clubs will have at least one Olympian.
The Sporting News has everything that you need to know about the upcoming NHL schedule.
No, there is no NHL game today.
The NHL will pause operations for the 2026 Winter Olympics from Feb. 6 to Feb. 24, 2026, with the season resuming on Feb. 25.
Additionally, a league-wide roster freeze will be enforced from 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 4 through Feb. 22.
The men’s hockey competition at Milan Cortina doesn’t begin until the second week of the Games, on Feb. 11.
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Every 2026 Olympics men’s hockey game will be streamed live on Peacock, with many also set to air on USA Network or NBC. See the full game schedule below.
Peacock will carry every event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics live. The NBC-owned streaming service’s sports programming features live coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football, the NBA, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Premier League soccer, Big Ten football and basketball, Notre Dame football, Big East and Big 12 basketball, PGA Tour golf, and more.
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Griffin Missant joined The Sporting News in 2025 as a fantasy football intern. He graduated from Grand Valley State University, where he covered the Lakers football program. He has also worked for Sleeper and the Fantasy Trade Room. He has played fantasy for over a decade, and has been passionate about fantasy football ever since.