The Olympic quarterfinals will occur tomorrow, with Germany taking on Slovakia at 6:10 a.m. ET by virtue of a 5-1 German victory over France today. This is followed by a Canada / Czechia rematch at 10:40 a.m. ET, and Finland / Switzerland at 1:10 p.m. ET. Finally, Team USA takes on Sweden at 3:10 p.m. ET, as Sweden beat Latvia 5-1 today to advance.
It is no surprise that Team Canada’s Connor McDavid is the tournament points leader with 9 (2G 7A), or that Swedish forward Lucas Raymond is nipping at his heels with 8 points (1G 7A); albeit, Raymond has had one additional game to get his points. What is a bit of a shock is that Team Canada’s Macklin Celebrini is tied with Denmark’s Nick Olesen and Germany’s Tim Stutzle for the tournament lead in goals (4). Like the McDavid / Raymond comparison, both Olesen and Stutzle needed 4 games to reach this mark, while Celebrini did it in 3. When all three players had played three games apiece, Celebrini stood alone at the top, and he was tied for second in total points with Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky with six each. As both players were idle today, Celebrini & Slafkovsky now sit in a five-way tie for fourth in points.