Day 8 at the 2026 Winter Olympics concluded with a resilient win for the U.S. men's hockey team. After trailing Denmark 2-1 at the end of the first period, the Americans scored three goals in the second to pull away for a 6-3 win.

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Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. It was a rocky start, but the United States men's hockey team was able to rally past Denmark to earn the win in Olympics group play.

Team USA has beaten Denmark 6-3 in a preliminary game in men's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Nick Olesen and Matt Boldy traded goals in the first period before Jeremy Swayman made a brutal error to allow Nicholas Jensen to score from the neutral zone.

Denmark led 2-1 after the first period, but the USA rallied to win 6-3 and improve to 2-0 at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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The United States and Denmark face off in this Group C men's ice hockey matchup during the 2026 Winter Olympics on Saturday.