Finland crushes Italy 11-0, sets multiple Olympic hockey records in dominant performance

Team Finland made Olympic past during a ascendant 11-0 triumph implicit Team Italy astatine Santagiulia Arena successful Milan Saturday.

Finland’s 11 goals and 62 shots acceptable Olympic records during the NHL’s subordinate information epoch of the men’s hockey tourney for goals successful a azygous game. 

Its 11-goal borderline of triumph is besides an Olympic record.

Finland had 14 antithetic players grounds a point, portion 4 antithetic players each scored 2 goals. Kaapo Kakko, Mikael Granlund, Sebastian Aho and Joel Kiviranta each recovered the backmost of the nett doubly during the team's drubbing of the big country.

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Finland's Sebastian Aho, left, celebrates with teammates aft scoring his side's archetypal extremity during a preliminary circular lucifer of men's crystal hockey against Italy astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Feb. 14, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

It was the 2nd crippled of a back-to-back for Finland aft they bushed Sweden 4-1 Friday. Goaltender Juuse Saros played some games of the back-to-back and made 15 saves successful Saturday’s win.

Italy goalie Damian Clara made 34 saves successful the archetypal 2 periods, portion Davide Fadani made 21 saves successful alleviation of Clara successful the 3rd period.

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Italy's goalkeeper, Damian Clara, adjusts his helmet during a preliminary circular lucifer of men's crystal hockey against Finland astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Feb. 14, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)

Finland’s triumph means Team Slovakia won Group B and volition automatically beforehand to the quarterfinals. Slovakia, Finland and Sweden each had the aforesaid record, but Slovakia won the radical owed to its superior extremity differential.

Finland, aided by its 11 goals connected Saturday since extremity differential is simply a tiebreaker, tin triumph the 1 chaotic paper and marque the quarterfinals arsenic a No. 4 seed. Where it ends up depends connected Sunday’s results.

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Finland's Sebastian Aho (20) scores his team's archetypal extremity during a preliminary circular crippled of men's crystal hockey against Italy astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Feb. 14, 2026. (Julien De Rosa/Pool Photo via AP)

With Finland’s historical triumph implicit Italy, it besides dealt a crushing stroke to Sweden. Sweden, which had already mislaid 5-3 to Slovakia Saturday, cannot beryllium seeded higher than seventh aft Finland’s win, which guarantees that Sweden volition play successful the qualification circular connected Tuesday.

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