Olympics: MacKinnon, McDavid 3 Points in 5-1 Win Against Switzerland

 

Team Canada took the ice with Team Switzerland on Friday at Santagiulia Arena, coming out with a 5-1 victory. It was the second straight win for the Canadians after opening their Olympic run with a shutout win against Czechia. Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon each had a three-point game with one goal and a pair of assists each, while Thomas Harley, Macklin Celebrini, and Sidney Crosby also scored for Canada. For the Swiss, Pius Suter was the lone goal scorer to keep the team from being shut out. Canada is back at it on Sunday when they'll take on France, while Switzerland will face Czechia.

Canada Lineup:

Celebrini - McDavid - Wilson

Hagel - MacKinnon - Suzuki

Marner - Crosby - Stone

Jarvis - Horvat - Reinhart

Bennett

Toews - Makar

Theodore - Parayko

Harley - Doughty

Sanheim

Thompson

Kuemper

Switzerland Lineup:

Fiala - Hischier - Meier

Andrighetto - Malgin - Niederreiter

Kurashev - Suter - Thurkauf

Riat - Jager - Bertschy

S. Schmid

Josi - Glauser

Siegenthaler - Kukan

Moser - Marti

Fora

A. Schmid

Connor McDavid broke the ice, giving Canada a 1-0 lead on the power play early in the first period at 14:15. He took a slick cross-ice pass from Nathan MacKinnon, who got the puck from Cale Makar, and from the right face-off circle, McDavid fired a wrister off Arika Schmid's hip and into the back of the net. At 9:06, Thomas Harley made it 2-0, beating Schmid five-hole when McDavid found him all alone in the center of the ice after taking a pass from Tom Wilson. Switzerland cut it to 2-1, converting on its first power play of the game when Pius Suter slammed the rebound of Sven Andrighetto's one-timer after Logan Thompson tried to glove it, but the puck went off his wrist, hit the crossbar, and fell to the skates of Suter with 7:18 on the clock.

Scoring the only goal of the middle frame, Macklin Celebrini pushed the lead to 3-1 for Canada early in the period at 15:46. He put home a one-timer past Schmid after taking MacKinnon's no-look pass in the left circle.

Sidney Crosby redirected a hard pass from Mitch Marner, who received a pass from Makar before getting it to Crosby, who put it past Schmid to make it 4-1 at 12:32. This was Crosby's first goal of the 2026 Olympics. With 6:57 remaining in the third period, MacKinnon collected his third point of the game when he finished it off for the 5-1 final. At 2:50, Kevin Fiala was taken from the ice on a stretcher after he got tangled up with Wilson along the boards.

Notes:

- Logan Thompson made a total of 24 saves for Canada. ...Logan Thompson made 24 saves and became the sixth Canadian goalie to earn an Olympic win in Games featuring NHL players, joining Martin Brodeur (7), Roberto Luongo (7), Carey Price (5), Patrick Roy (4), and Jordan Binnington (1).

- Arika Schmid made a total of 34 saves for Switzerland.

- Macklin Celebrini had two points, which included his second goal in as many games, and Cale Makar picked up a pair of assists.

- Connor McDavid scored his first Olympic goal to open the scoring. He had three goals for Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February, including the OT championship winner vs. the United States (8:18). ...McDavid’s goal gave Canada a 1-0 lead. In 2025-26, he has factored on the game’s first goal 16 times, tied with Zach Werenski for most among all skaters.

- McDavid (1-1--2) became the fourth Canadian with multi-point games in consecutive Olympic contests involving NHL players, joining Ryan Getzlaf, Duncan Keith, and Dany Heatley (all in 2010). ...McDavid assisted on Harley’s goal for his second multi-point game. He entered the Olympic break tied with Nathan MacKinnon (30) for second-most multi-point games in the NHL this season, behind Nikita Kucherov (31).

- McDavid (1-4--5) matched Marian Hossa (2006 w/ SVK) and Teemu Selanne (2006 w/ FIN) for the most points through a team’s first two games at an Olympic tournament with NHL players. ...McDavid (1-4--5) became the first player with five or more points through his first two career Olympic games involving NHL players.

- McDavid (1-2--3) became the second player with three or more points in consecutive Olympic games involving NHL players, joining Teemu Selanne (1998 w/ FIN). ...McDavid became the second Canadian with multiple three-point games in Olympic play involving NHL players, joining Jarome Iginla and Joe Sakic.

- Nathan MacKinnon (1-2—3) and McDavid (1-2—3) each recorded their third point to make it 5-1. MacKinnon (15x) and McDavid (11x) rank first and fourth in three-point NHL games this season.

- Thomas Harley made it 2-0. Canada has now scored 12 straight Olympic goals involving NHL players dating back to Shea Weber’s second goal vs. Latvia in the 2014 quarterfinals. ...Harley became the seventh different Canadian defenseman to score a game-winning goal in Olympic play involving NHL players, joining Drew Doughty (2), Shea Weber, Chris Pronger, Eric Brewer, Adam Foote, and Rob Blake.

- Pius Suter scored to end Canada’s Olympic shutout streak at 237:01, dating back to the 2014 quarterfinal vs. Latvia.

Macklin Celebrini (2-0—2) became the third teenager to score in consecutive Olympic games involving NHL players, joining Olli Määttä (2014 w/ FIN) and Evgeni Malkin (2006 w/ RUS).

- Celebrini also became the third teenager with multiple goals in a single Olympic tournament involving NHL players, following Määttä (3 in 2014) and Malkin (2 in 2006).

- Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics and his fifth overall. Only Jarome Iginla (10), Dany Heatley (6), Joe Sakic (6), and Shea Weber (5) have as many Olympic goals for Canada in Games with NHL players. ...Crosby recorded his 12th career Olympic point. Only Iginla (14), Sakic (13), and Weber (12) have as many for Canada in NHL-participating Games.

- A former first overall pick has factored on nine of Canada’s 10 goals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics.

- Canada has won 12 straight Olympic games featuring NHL players.

- This is the third all-time meeting between Team Canada and Team Switzerland at an Olympics with NHL players (2010 round robin: 3-2 CAN SO W; 2006 round robin: 2-0 SUI W).

- Team Canada has gone 224:19 without allowing a goal in Olympic competition involving NHL players, which is the longest stretch by any team.

- Canada has won 11 straight Olympic games with NHL players, dating back to its 2010 playoff qualification game vs. Germany.

- Penguins forward Sidney Crosby (4-7--11 in 14 GP) is tied with Jonathan Toews (2-9--11 in 13 GP) for the fourth-most career Olympic points for Canada among NHL-participating Games. Only Jarome Iginla (10-4--14 in 19 GP), Joe Sakic (6-7--13 in 16 GP), and Shea Weber (5-7--12 in 13 GP) have more.

- Switzerland could've won its first two games of an Olympic tournament with NHL players for the first time.

- Timo Meier (2-0--2) could've become the first Swiss player with multiple goals in consecutive Olympic games involving NHL players. Meier and J.J. Moser (1-1--2) can also become the first Swiss players with multiple points in consecutive games.