Lines & Goalies, Winner Plays Canada

Team Canada has advanced to the 2026 Winter Olympics Quarter-finals, where they await the winner of the Czechia vs Denmark game.

Offensively, several NHL players deserve credit for Canada’s current position. Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers led the tournament in scoring with nine points. Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks both recorded six points.

In net, Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues and Logan Thompson of the Washington Capitals finished in the top five for save percentage amongst all goaltenders. This has created a potential battle in net for the quarter-finals, with Binnington’s latest start being a bit shaky.

The Czechia vs Denmark game has big implications, namely, the winner will play Canada on February 18th, 2026. Here is everything you need to know about this matchup, including the line combinations, starting goalies, and where to watch.

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Czechia Line Combinations: Are They the Same as the Ones They Used Against Canada?

Czechia’s team has a good amount of NHL talent on its roster. The Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Vegas Golden Knights, Anaheim Ducks, and Philadelphia Flyers are all represented on the team.

These were the line combinations for Czechia’s last game against Switzerland.

Czechia Forward Lines:

Ondrej Palat – Tomas Hertl – David Pastrnak

Filip Chlapik – David Kampf – Martin Necas

Roman Cervenka – Lukas Sedlak – Ondrej Kase

Jakub Flex – Radek Faksa – Matej Stransky

David Tomasek

Czechia Defense Pairings:

Radim Simek – Filip Hronek

Michal Kempny – Radko Gudas

David Spacek – Tomas Kundratek

Jiri Tichacek

Czechia Goalies:

Lucas Dostal (Starting Goalie)

Daniel Vladar

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Denmark Line Combinations & Starting Goalie

Denmark’s team features NHLers from the Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Ottawa Senators. Here are the line combinations they used in their last game against Latvia. These will be updated when the new lines are revealed.

Denmark Forward Lines:

Oliver Bjorkstrand – Alexander True – Nikolaj Ehlers

Joachim Blichfeld – Lars Eller – Nicklas Jensen

Nick Olesen – Oscar Moelgaard – Mikkel Aagaard

Frederik Storm – Christian Wejse – Patrick Russell

Morten Poulsen

Denmark Defense Pairings:

Jesper Jensen Aabo – Markus Lauridsen

Nicholas B Jensen – Malte Setkov

Oliver Lauridsen – Phillip Bruggisser

Matias Lassen

Denmark Goalies:

Frederik Andersen (Starting Goalie)

Frederik Dichow

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Where to Watch, Stream, TV

The qualifying round game between Denmark and Czechia will be broadcast at 10:30 AM Eastern Standard Time. The game will be shown on Sportsnet and ICI TOU, and will stream on Sportsnet+ and ICI TOU.TV, and CBC Gem.

The winner of this game will play Team Canada on February 18th, 2026, at 10:30 AM EST.

Both teams will be motivated by the opportunity to play against the top-seeded team from the preliminary round. This means that no matter who comes out on top today, Canada cannot take them lightly when they play them in the quarter-finals.

Canada has not played Denmark in this tournament. However, their opening game of the tournament was against Czechia.

They played them on February 12th and walked away with a 5-0 victory. Celebrini, Stone, Horvat, MacKinnon, and Suzuki were the goal scorers in that game. Binnington earned a shutout in the win. McDavid didn’t score, but recorded three assists.

Caleb Kerney Caleb covers the NHL for Heavy.com. He has covered professional hockey since 2022, including bylines at Dobber Prospects, The Hockey Writers, and The Hockey News. More about Caleb Kerney