After Czechia scored the first two goals of the game, France, one of the worst teams in the Olympic men’s ice hockey field scored the next three. A loss to the French combined with their previous loss to Canada would have put Czechia’s seeding in the medal round in a precarious spot.

MILAN (AP) — Finland showed plenty of fight in reviving its Olympic campaign. Joel Armia scored a short-handed goal and the Finns outmuscled archrival Sweden in a 4-1 group-stage victory Friday — 20 years after the sides squared off in the gold medal game at the Turin Games.

Canada is a perfect 2-0 at the Olympics after beating fast and talented Switzerland 5-1 in a preliminary round game.

Yuma Kagiyama entered tonight trailing Ilia Malinin by 5.09 points — and he’s going to have a difficult time catching him. Kagiyama didn’t have his cleanest performance in the free skate, stumbling lightly after a couple jumps on a night he needed to be both aggressive and perfect.

Marie Philip-Poulin and Hilary Knight are each threatening the record for most Olympic goals in women's hockey.

It was a rough day for the U.S. curling team. After a record-setting 4-0 undefeated start, Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin suffered back-to-back losses to undefeated Great Britain and the previously winless South Korea. Team USA is now 4-2.

Palo Alto-born Hilary Knight is on the brink of U.S. Olympic women's hockey history. In the U.S.’s 5-0 rout of Finland Saturday in Milan, the 36-year-old American star captain tied the team's record for the most career Olympic goals (14) in team history.