{"id":87433,"date":"2026-02-15T17:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/u-s-men-win-keep-pace-with-canada-for-top-seed-at-olympics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:13:45","slug":"u-s-men-win-keep-pace-with-canada-for-top-seed-at-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/u-s-men-win-keep-pace-with-canada-for-top-seed-at-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. men win, keep pace with Canada for top seed at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Feb 14, 2026, 06:17 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Sitting on the bench with the U.S. surprisingly trailing Denmark at the Olympics, <a data-player-guid=\"656e0c4e-5914-3a54-d2de-1242b6f15b5e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3648002\/jack-eichel\">Jack Eichel<\/a> and linemates <a data-player-guid=\"589e299d-8600-4982-28d3-185287e39092\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4319858\/brady-tkachuk\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"2253f50a-7d0f-f0c4-7345-d3da9d3fdf65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4024854\/matthew-tkachuk\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> talked about wanting to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Then they did just that.<\/p>\n<p>Eichel scored off his own faceoff win a minute after setting up Brady Tkachuk&#8217;s goal the same way, and the U.S. rode its top line to a 6-3 win over Denmark on Saturday night, keeping pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the men&#8217;s hockey tournament.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;[We were] just sticking with it, trusting each other,&#8221; Brady Tkachuk said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what shows the character in our room is the trust and belief with one another that, if we stick with it, we&#8217;ll like the result at the end of the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. bounced back from goaltender <a data-player-guid=\"7965a045-dc71-3744-8110-96c1600dfff6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4712036\/jeremy-swayman\">Jeremy Swayman<\/a> getting beaten by a shot from 95 feet away, just inside the center red line, 11 minutes in. Swayman won&#8217;t have to kick himself too badly for the blunder after some of his most talented teammates stepped up to make the long-distance goal from Nicholas B. Jensen and another soft one from Phillip Bruggisser with 2.6 seconds left in the second period moot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really proud of this group for staying even-keeled,&#8221; Swayman said. &#8220;The confidence never left the group, and that&#8217;s a serious trait at this stage in the tournament. The guys rallied, and we got it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The goals by Brady Tkachuk and Eichel midway through the second period gave the U.S. the lead. Defenseman <a data-player-guid=\"62d6ff6d-b268-d714-c09d-2a0ca34244cb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3652964\/noah-hanifin\">Noah Hanifin<\/a> added another when his shot got through Mads Sogaard and trickled over the goal line a bit later, providing some necessary breathing room.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0214%2Fr1615308_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0214%2Fr1615308_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0214%2Fr1615308_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0214%2Fr1615308_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Brady Tkachuk, right, helped rally the U.S. from a 2-1 first-period deficit en route to a 6-3 win over Denmark. The Americans have six points in the standings, the same as Canada, going into the final day of the preliminary round.\u00a0<cite>AP Photo\/Petr David Josek<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"d4c3125c-aa8f-bfb1-d818-2d409099f51f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3042083\/jake-guentzel\">Jake Guentzel<\/a> fired a one-timer past Sogaard with a little more than 12 minutes left, and <a data-player-guid=\"2f88918b-3298-ca4b-e0c1-7f045469143d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4565222\/jack-hughes\">Jack Hughes<\/a> scored off a feed from <a data-player-guid=\"83199891-a397-4081-b4e3-2c7db9342185\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5798\/brock-nelson\">Brock Nelson<\/a> after Sogaard exited with injury and was relieved by Frederik Dichow.<\/p>\n<p>Captain <a data-player-guid=\"dfef08c0-dde0-de14-4b8f-13ca40daef21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/4024123\/auston-matthews\">Auston Matthews<\/a> made the pass to Guentzel, and <a data-player-guid=\"ad53e654-f3fe-2102-d37b-1b8e1bbfb551\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3899972\/zach-werenski\">Zach Werenski<\/a> &#8212; who accidentally knocked the puck into his own net on Denmark&#8217;s first goal credited to Nick Olesen &#8212; had the secondary assist to get some retribution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;U-S-A! U-S-A!&#8221; chants from the very red, white and blue crowd filled the arena at the opening puck drop and after all the goals against Denmark, which entered as heavy underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We battled hard and tried everything we had,&#8221; Bruggisser said. &#8220;Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t enough, but they&#8217;re an all-star team and we gave it what we had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After rolling over Latvia 5-1 in their opener Thursday night behind two goals from <a data-player-guid=\"83199891-a397-4081-b4e3-2c7db9342185\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5798\/brock-nelson\">Brock Nelson<\/a>, the Americans have six points in the standings, the same as Canada, going into the final day of the preliminary round.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. wraps up round-robin play against Germany, while Canada faces 0-2-0 France. 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