Devils captain Nico Hischier factored on all three Crew Switzerland objectives and guided them to a quarterfinal conflict with Crew Finland.
* Crimson Wings ahead Lucas Raymond and Oilers ahead Leon Draisaitl each posted three factors to attain uncommon feats and assist Crew Sweden and Crew Germany advance to the quarterfinals, respectively.
* Avalanche ahead Martin Necas led Crew Czechia into the quarterfinals, the place they’ll battle Crew Canada to spherical out the ultimate eight international locations remaining.
HISCHIER TALLIES THREE POINTS AS SWITZERLAND SKATES TO QUARTERFINALSDevils captain Nico Hischier (1-2—3) factored on all three of his nation’s objectives throughout their qualifying match, whereas fellow Devils ahead Timo Meier (0-2—2) bolstered his Milano Cortina 2026 totals to assist Crew Switzerland advance to the quarterfinals the place they’ll meet Crew Finland. Tomorrow will probably be simply the second assembly between the 2 international locations in an Olympics involving NHL gamers, following the 2006 spherical robin (5-0 FIN) – additionally in Italy.
* Hischier tied Roman Wick (1-2—3 on Feb. 20, 2010) for essentially the most factors in a recreation by a Swiss participant in an Olympics involving NHL gamers. He additionally recorded 0-2—2 within the opening body, which matched essentially the most assists in a interval by a Swiss participant in a match involving NHL gamers (additionally Mathias Seger 0-2—2 in P2 on Feb. 20, 2010). Just one participant from any nation has posted extra in a single body: Patrick Marleau (0-3—3 in P2 on Feb. 14, 2014).
* Meier improved to 3-3—6 (4 GP) by way of Milano Cortina 2026 – tied for the fourth-most factors amongst all gamers. He additionally tied Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann (3-3—6 in 2002) for essentially the most by a Swiss participant in a single match throughout Olympics with NHL participation.
RAYMOND CONTINUES STRING OF SUCCESS AS QUICK GOALS HELP SWEDEN ADVANCE
Crimson Wings ahead Lucas Raymond (0-3—3) assisted on the second of two objectives in a 41-second span within the first interval and two within the third interval as Crew Sweden eradicated Crew Latvia and secured a matchup with No. 2 seed Crew USA within the quarterfinals. The 2 golf equipment are assembly within the Winter Olympics that includes NHL gamers for the third time (additionally 2006 RR & 1998 RR) – the USA are one in every of 5 international locations Sweden owns an ideal document towards in that match structure (min. 2 GP) alongside Czechia (3-0-0-0), Latvia (3-0-0-0), Germany (2-0-0-0) and Switzerland (2-0-0-0).
* Raymond (1-7—8 in 4 GP), whose seven assists leapfrogged Matthew Tkachuk (0-5—5) and tied Connor McDavid (2-7—9) for essentially the most amongst all gamers at Milano Cortina, overtook Peter Forsberg (6 in 2006) for essentially the most by a Swedish participant in a single Olympic match with NHL gamers.
* Tuesday’s contest additionally watched the Crimson Wings ahead change into the primary Swedish participant to register consecutive three-point video games on the Olympics that includes NHL gamers and match the Crew Sweden document for longest help streak in that situation (4 GP), a distinction he now shares with Nicklas Backstrom (2010) and Nicklas Lidstrom (2002). General, solely two completely different gamers have recorded an extended stretch: Jonathan Toews (5 GP in 2010 w/ CAN) and Saku Koivu (5 GP in 2006 & 1998 w/ FIN).
DRAISAITL, STÜTZLE POWER GERMANY TO QUARTERFINALS
Oilers ahead Leon Draisaitl (1-2—3) and Senators ahead Tim Stützle (1-1—2) every recorded their second multi-point recreation of the match to elevate Crew Germany into the quarterfinals spherical of an Olympics with NHL gamers for the second time (additionally 2002).
* Draisaitl and Stützle, who additionally collected two factors within the Preliminary Spherical towards Crew Denmark, turned the fourth and fifth Crew Germany gamers to document two or extra multi-point video games in a single Olympic match with NHL gamers, becoming a member of Klaus Kathan (2x in 2002), Len Soccio (2x in 2002) and Leon’s father, Peter Draisaitl (2x in 1998).
* Stützle (4-2—6 in 4 GP), who has discovered the scoresheet in all 4 of his nation’s video games, and Draisaitl (2-4—6 in 4 GP) have now matched Soccio (2002: 3-3—6 in 7 GP) for essentially the most factors in a single match by a Crew Germany participant in Olympics with NHL participation.
* Crew Germany will now face Crew Slovakia within the opening recreation of Wednesday’s quarterfinals spherical after the Slovaks claimed first place in Group B by way of a three-way tiebreaker based mostly on head-to-head objective differential. This may mark the third all-time assembly between the international locations at Olympics with NHL gamers, and first to happen within the quarterfinals or later. Crew Germany has gained the earlier two conferences: 3-0 W in 2002 Preliminary Spherical and 4-2 W in 1998 Comfort Spherical.
CZECHIA ADVANCES AS NECAS NOTCHES THIRD STRAIGHT MULTI-POINT GAMEAvalanche ahead Martin Necas (1-1—2) factored on the primary two of three Crew Czechia objectives to gather his third straight multi-point recreation and ship his nation to a quarterfinal assembly towards Crew Canada. Czechia superior to the quarterfinals for the sixth straight Olympic match with NHL gamers, setting the stage for its fifth contest towards Canada in an Olympics with NHL participation (most up-to-date: Feb.12, 2026). Their solely earlier assembly in a playoff spherical got here within the 1998 semifinals, the place Dominik Hasek led the Czechs to a 2-1 shootout win towards Wayne Gretzky and the Canadians en path to an eventual gold medal.
* Necas (3-4—7 in 4 GP) turned the primary Czech participant to attain in three consecutive video games at an Olympic match that includes NHL gamers. He additionally tied Jaromir Jagr (2-5—7 in 2006) for the second-most factors by a Czech participant in a single Olympics with NHL participation, behind Martin Straka (2-6—8 in 2006).
* Necas, Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek (0-1—1) and Bruins ahead David Pastrnak (0-1—1) – who factored on the winner – every prolonged their help streak to a few video games and matched Marek Zidlicky (3 GP in 2010) for the longest run by a Czech participant at an Olympic Video games that includes NHL gamers. The trio may set up the longest level streak by a Czech participant on Wednesday.
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