Team USA won 5-1 at the nearly packed 5,000-plus seat Rho Ice Hockey Arena, with two goals from Hayley Scamurra and one each from Alex Carpenter, captain Hilary Knight and Joy Dunne.

The U.S. women won handily, 5-1, in their first hockey match of the Games, facing Czechia in the Group A preliminary round.

For the 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano Cortina, Italy, Matt Severance is picking the United States men's team to medal, a bet that returns -280 (risk $280 to win $100).