U.S vs Canada women's ice hockey live stream at Milan Cortina Winter Olympics 2026: When does match start, Channel, how to watch

The U.S. and Canada will be "out for blood" ‍as they renew their rivalry at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics 2026, U.S. veteran Alex Carpenter ⁠told reporters on Monday, with an upcoming group stage game that has the feel of a championship contest. The U.S. and Canada women's ice hockey teams have met a combined 48 times on the international stage, including world championship competition. Canada holds the edge with five Olympic and 13 world titles, to the Americans' two and 11. A better indication of how tight the series has been is Canada’s 25-23 record, and having outscored the Americans by a combined margin of 135-133.

U.S. versus Canada women's ice hockey teams are playing on Tuesday, February 10. The Winter Olympics 2026 game is scheduled to start at 2.10 pm (ET). The game will livestreamed on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com.

The only teams to take the top of the podium since the ‌women's ice ‌hockey tournament joined the Olympic programme 28 years ago, the arch-rivals meet at Santagiulia arena on ‌Tuesday in what is expected to be a preview of the gold medal game.


"As soon as we get on the ice here or any other international event, we're all out for blood," said the alternate captain Carpenter, who helped ​the United States past Switzerland on Monday 5-0 ​with one goal and one assist.

The prolific scorer has recorded a ‌goal in ‍all of the United States' Group A games so ‍far in Milan and is part of a team ‌hungry for revenge after Canada denied them the gold in Beijing four years ago.

Buoyed by a group of young talent, including defensive stand out Laila Edwards, the Americans have only had one goal scored on them since they arrived in Milan, as they previously beat Czech Republic and Finland in the tournament.

They expect a tougher fight against ‍Canada, whose 5-1 win over Czech Republic on Monday was overshadowed by injury concerns for their "Captain Clutch" Marie-Philip Poulin.

The game ‍against Canada will ⁠be the last ⁠for the United States in the group stage, while Canada are set to play Finland on Thursday.

All five teams from Group A will advance, with their seeding in the last eight depending on placings in the preliminary standings.