Olympic Games (ice hockey) · Round Olympic Games - Semi-finals · Friday 20 February
United States – Slovakia 6:2: Olympic Games (ice hockey), 20/02/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
Olympic Games (ice hockey): United States – Slovakia 6:2 (20 February). United States won.
By period: 2:0, 3:0, 1:2.
Goals: D. Larkin (United States); T. Thompson (United States); J. Hughes (United States) ×2; J. Eichel (United States); J. Slafkovsky (Slovakia); B. Tkachuk (United States); P. Regenda (Slovakia).
Table now: United States — 1st, 9 points from 3 matches; Slovakia — 1st, 6 points from 3 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 04'
🏒 D. Larkin1:0
assist: Z. Werenski, T. Thompson
- 08'pen.
Interference
- 11'pen.
Delay of game
- 19'pen.
Tripping
- 19'
🏒 T. Thompson2:0
2nd period
- 00'pen.
Roughing
- 01'pen.
Hooking
- 05'pen.
High sticking
- 08'pen.
Holding
- 12'
🏒 J. Hughes3:0
assist: Z. Werenski
- 12'
🏒 J. Eichel4:0
assist: B. Tkachuk, M. Tkachuk
- 16'pen.
Cross-checking
- 18'
🏒 J. Hughes5:0
assist: Z. Werenski, M. Boldy
- 19'pen.
Interference
3rd period
- 04'
🏒 J. Slafkovsky5:1
assist: A. Ruzicka, M. Fehervary
- 10'
🏒 B. Tkachuk6:1
assist: V. Trocheck, N. Hanifin
- 13'
🏒 P. Regenda6:2
assist: M. Kelemen, M. Fehervary
- 18'pen.
assist: B. Tkachuk · Roughing
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
United States
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. Werenski | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Hughes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Tkachuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Larkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Boldy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Hanifin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Q. Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| V. Trocheck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. McAvoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Slovakia
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Slafkovsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Regenda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ruzicka | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Kelemen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| O. Okuliar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Koch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
United States
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Hellebuyck(W) | 24 | 22 | 2 | 91.7% |
Slovakia
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hlavaj | 25 | 19 | 6 | 76.0% |
| S. Skorvanek | 20 | 14 | 6 | 70.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 39Shots on goal24
- 22Saves33
- 91%Save %84%
- 37Faceoffs won19
- 10Penalty minutes10
- 7Penalties6
- 1Power-play goals0
- 16%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %83%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions