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Elvis Merzlikins will get back in net for Latvia to start an elimination game against Sweden on Feb. 17 at Milano Cortina 2026. Here's how to watch.
Ekman-Larsson, Johansson, Karlsson and Landeskog were part of the team that won silver for Sweden at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the last Olympics to include NHL players. They had waited 12 years to get back. The rest had waited their entire lives for their first opportunity.
The Buffalo Sabres star stands out as the x-factor as Sweden takes on Latvia.
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The odds, the forward says, are stacked against Team Latvia when it faces Team Sweden in the win-or-go-home qualification round of the men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at Santaguilia Arena on Tuesday (3:10 p.m. ET; Peacock, USA, ICI Télé, CBC Gem).