How to watch USA-Germany Olympics men’s ice hockey for free

The preliminary round of the Winter Olympics men’s ice hockey tournament comes to a close today as the United States faces off with Germany in the Group C finale.

Team USA is coming into today’s game off a 6-3 victory over Denmark to keep their record at an unbeaten 2-0, but the game got off to a rough start and remained close throughout. Huge goals from Jack Eichel and Brady Tkachuk kept the offense going, pulling the United States ahead of Denmark.

Germany’s second game of the tournament against Latvia ended with a shock; with a final score of 4-3, Latvia won its first Olympic men’s hockey game since 2014.

Group C’s quarterfinal and play-off standings are not yet set, even with Team USA’s 2-0 record. They have a relatively easy path to the quaterfinals, though. They’ll clinch Group C and earn a first round bye with a regulation win, overtime win, or overtime loss over Germany.

USA vs. Germany start time

United States vs. Denmark is scheduled to start at 3:10 p.m. ET today, Feb. 15.

How to watch USA vs. Germany for free

If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to stream Olympics hockey for free.

DIRECTV is our favorite service for watching sports live for free — it has a five-day free trial and there are a ton of options for plans that include USA Network (and every other channel you’ll need for the Olympics), starting at $49.99/month.

You can also catch every minute of the Olympics with a subscription to Peacock, which starts at $10.99/month.

United States and Germany men’s hockey team rosters

Below, check out the rosters for Team USA and Germany, along with each player’s NHL team.

Team USA Olympic men’s hockey schedule

• Feb. 15, 3:10 p.m. ET – vs. Germany

When do the Winter Olympics end?

The 2026 Winter Olympics end with the closing ceremony on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. ET.

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