"Martin Fehervary and the rest of Team Slovakia are officially through to the quarterfinals of the men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Despite dropping their final game of Group B play to Sweden 5-3 on Saturday, the Slovaks will advance as the group's winners based on goal differential. The group win was secured when Finland beat Italy 11-0 in regulation, leaving the Finns in second and the Swedes in third."
"Montreal Canadiens winger Juraj Slafkovsky was the team's offensive star again, scoring his third goal of the tournament in as many games. Slafkovsky now has six points (3g, 3a) in three games, which currently leads all skaters. "We don't have as big names like Sweden or like Canada, right?" Fehervary told the New York Post's Mollie Walker postgame. "But we got SlafGOALsky. I think he's a pretty solid player, but we got to play as one team.""
"The Slovaks also got a huge goal from St. Louis Blues forward Dalibor Dvorsky with just 39 seconds left in regulation. While the goal only cut the team's deficit to two, it secured Slovakia's lead in goal differential. To try and make up for falling behind, Sweden, still up two goals in the game, pulled their netminder to try and score another goal, but failed."
Slovakia advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey tournament as Group B winners on goal differential despite a 5-3 loss to Sweden. Finland's 11-0 regulation victory over Italy left Finland second and Sweden third. By winning the group, Slovakia avoids the playoff qualification round and will next play on February 18. Defenseman Martin Fehervary skated 20:33, was a minus-2 and did not record a shot on goal. Juraj Slafkovsky leads all skaters with six points (3g, 3a) in three games. Dalibor Dvorsky's late goal secured Slovakia's superior goal differential.
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