Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen has won his first Olympic medal after Finland's 6-1 win over Slovakia in the 2026 Winter Olympic bronze-medal game.

Welcome to Last Word On Hockey’s 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics men’s ice hockey predictions. Each day, our writers look at the games and give in-depth analysis.

The USA men's ice hockey team will play Slovakia in the Winter Olympic 2026 semifinal in Italy on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

In Friday's medal events, Team USA picked up another gold medal in the men's Freestyle Skiing halfpipe final, where Alex Ferreira finally captured gold to complete his set after winning silver and bronze in 2018 and 2022. Ferreira threw down a 93.75 in his third and final run of the night to jump ahead of Estonia's Henry Sildaru for the gold medal.

Slovakia looks to make it back-to-back bronze medals at the Olympics, while Finland looks to clinch a record fifth third-place finish in men’s Olympic hockey. Time: 2:40 p.m. ET

USA and Slovakia face off today for a spot in the men's hockey gold medal game at Milano Cortina. Here's how to watch.

History slightly favors Team USA against Slovakia in Olympic men’s hockey, where the US won three of the six matchups.

Through six games in the tournament, Fehervary picked up four assists, six penalty minutes, six shots and a plus/minus rating of minus-4. The 26-year-old was tied for the Team Slovakia lead in points by a defenseman throughout the Games and also ranked second in ice time among all Slovak skaters, averaging 21:02 minutes per game.

Team USA defeated Slovakia, 6-2, in the 2026 Winter Olympic ice hockey semifinal. USA will play Canada in the gold-medal game.