{"id":14485,"date":"2026-02-16T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14485"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:08:47","slug":"usa-beats-germany-in-ice-hockey-earns-quarterfinal-bye-at-the-2026-olympic-winter-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/usa-beats-germany-in-ice-hockey-earns-quarterfinal-bye-at-the-2026-olympic-winter-games\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Beats Germany, Earns Olympic Quarterfinal Bye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/matthew-tkachuk-chips-puck-during-team-usas-win-over-germany-in-ice-hockey-at-the-2026-olympic-winter-games.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Tkachuk chips puck during Team USA&#039;s win over German in Ice Hockey at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games\" title=\"USA Beats Germany In Ice Hockey, Earns Quarterfinal Bye at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14486\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Team USA defeated Team Germany 5\u20131 to finish group play at the Milano Cortina Olympics undefeated.<\/li>\n<li>Austin Matthews led the way with two goals and one assist.<\/li>\n<li>The win secures a bye and spot in Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinal. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The US team took care of business Sunday in Italy, beating Germany 5\u20131 to finish group play unbeaten and secure a direct spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/ice-hockey\">Ice Hockey 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics quarterfinals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes were pretty simple, as the <strong>team needed at least one point to win Group C and steer clear of the extra playoff round<\/strong>. The team made sure not to leave anything to chance, delivering one of their most complete performances of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Sullivan\u2019s side controlled the puck early at Santagiulia Arena on Sunday, but Germany hung around through most of the first period. <\/p>\n<p>That changed in the final seconds when <strong>Zach Werenski<\/strong> scored with just 8.7 seconds left, giving the US a 1\u20130 lead and some breathing room.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Slo-mo replays coming in clutch for this one \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 Werenski zings one through! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WinterOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WinterOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NeMfiwcoXZ\">pic.twitter.com\/NeMfiwcoXZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Hockey (@usahockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usahockey\/status\/2023139999005511905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The victory means the <strong>Americans finish first in Group C and earn a bye straight into Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinals<\/strong>. They will face the winner of Tuesday\u2019s game between Sweden and Latvia.<\/p>\n<h2>Momentum Never Shifted Back<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\/results\/athlete-details\/25012\">Austin Matthews<\/a><\/strong> took over in the second period. He scored on a rebound during a power play and later set up another goal. <strong>Brock Faber<\/strong> added one of his own before the period ended, stretching the lead to three and putting Germany in a difficult spot heading into the third.<\/p>\n<p>USA did not ease up, with <strong>Tage Thompson<\/strong> blasting a shot past the goalie early in the final period, and Matthews scoring again midway through the third to make it 5\u20130. Matthews finished with two goals and an assist, leading a balanced offensive effort that saw eight different American players register at least one point.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Net front Auston&#8230;it just works \ud83e\udd0c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WinterOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WinterOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmihjYfFo4\">pic.twitter.com\/RmihjYfFo4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Hockey (@usahockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usahockey\/status\/2023161617693733018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Germany finally broke through late when Tim St\u00fctzle scored with under nine minutes remaining, ending Connor Hellebuyck\u2019s shutout bid. Still, the <strong>American goalie was excellent, stopping 23 of 24 shots<\/strong> and keeping Germany from ever building real momentum.<\/p>\n<p>By the final minutes, the outcome was no longer in doubt, as Team USA comfortably closed out the win and the group.<\/p>\n<p>The US entered the Winter Olympics with gold medal expectations, and they have done nothing to lower them through their three games &#8211; can they their first gold since 1980 &#8211; get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-betting-sites\">latest odds with US Sportsbooks<\/a>? .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Team USA defeated Team Germany 5\u20131 to finish group play at the Milano Cortina Olympics undefeated. Austin Matthews led the way with two goals and one assist. The win secures a bye and spot in Wednesday\u2019s quarterfinal. The US team took care of business Sunday in Italy, beating Germany 5\u20131 to finish group play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USA Beats Germany, Earns Olympic Quarterfinal Bye<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Team USA ruled over Team Germany, staying unbeaten and moving straight into the Olympic quarterfinals, keeping its gold medal hopes firmly on track.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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