How to watch
Puck drop: 9:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM PST
In Canada: TSN (English,) RDS (French)
In the United States: NHL Network
Live stream: TSN Direct, RDS Direct
Team USA kept stepping on its own feet on the first day of competition, and you can’t afford to do that when facing a team as skilled as the one Russia brings to the tournament each year. Russia capitalized on every mistake as Spencer Knight was unable to bail his team out in goal, and the result was a 5-3 loss for the American side.
Austria may be among the weakest teams overall at the tournament, but they still have players who will take advantage if USA plays a sloppy game again today. Marco Rossi is one of the top young offensive minds in the game, and has a few decent finishers around him to set up for goals.
His team didn’t look out of place while playing Switzerland in a tune-up game on December 22. They fell by just a single goal in that match, and showed off a structured power-play formation that will give top teams plenty of trouble. Team USA should come out on top tonight, but don’t be shocked if Austria is able to make it a bit closer than expected.
Team USA projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #9 Trevor Zegras |
#15 Alex Turcotte |
#28 Arthur Kaliyev |
| #12 Matthew Boldy |
#10 Matthew Beniers |
#13 Cole Caufield |
| #24 Bobby Brink |
#25 John Farinacci |
#22 Sam Colangelo |
| #21 Brett Berard |
#26 Landon Slaggert |
#19 Patrick Moynihan |
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#18 Brendan Brisson |
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Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #4 Cam York |
#3 Henry Thrun |
| #8 Jake Sanderson |
#5 Jackson LaCombe |
| #23 Ryan Johnson |
#11 Brock Faber |
|
#2 Drew Helleson |
Goaltenders
| Starter |
Backup |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #32 Dustin Wolf |
#30 Spencer Knight |
Team Austria projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #21 Tim Harnisch |
#23 Marco Rossi |
#22 Senna Peeters |
| #7 Marlon Tschofen |
#19 Marco Kasper |
#20 Fabian Hochegger |
| #27 Julian Pauschenwein |
#13 Leon Wallner |
#9 Mathias Böhm |
| #16 Dominik Unterweger |
#6 Clemens Krainz |
#7 Marlon Tschofen |
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#26 Finn van Ee |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #15 Luis Lindner |
#25 Lucas Nesecany |
| #5 Jacob Pfeffer |
#2 Bernhard Posch |
| #4 Philipp Wimmer |
#12 Timo Pallierer |
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#14 Jonas Kutzer |
Goaltenders
| Starter |
Backup |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #1 Sebastian Wraneschitz |
#30 Jakob Brandner |
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