{"id":474644,"date":"2026-02-14T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474644\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:46:08","slug":"nhl-morning-coffee-headlines-february-14-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474644\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Coffee Headlines \u2013 February 14, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recapping Friday\u2019s Men\u2019s Olympic hockey action, Switzerland\u2019s Kevin Fiala suffers a tournament-ending injury, an update on Canadian defenseman Josh Morrissey, and more in today\u2019s NHL Morning Coffee Headlines. <\/p>\n

NHL.COM:<\/a> Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and two assists to propel Canada to a 5-1 victory over Switzerland on Friday. Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the tournament, Macklin Celebrini and Cale Makar each had two points, and Logan Thompson made 24 saves for Canada (2-0-0-0), who are assured of first place in Group A<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Team Canada center Connor McDavid (TSN)<\/p>\n

Pius Suter replied for Switzerland (1-0-0-1), who also lost winger Kevin Fiala to a tournament-ending leg injury<\/a> following a collision with Canadian winger Tom Wilson late in the third period.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: Fiala was stretchered from the game and sent to a hospital. Wilson has a reputation for dirty hits, but Fiala\u2019s teammates and head coach said there was nothing malicious about that play. <\/p>\n

Fiala is among Switzerland\u2019s best players. His absence could hurt their medal hopes in this tournament. He\u2019s also among the Los Angeles Kings\u2019 best players, and his injury could have implications for their playoff hopes if he\u2019s out long-term. <\/p>\n

Speaking of injuries, Canadian coach Jon Cooper provided an update<\/a> on sidelined defenseman Josh Morrissey, who missed this contest with an undisclosed injury suffered during Canada\u2019s tournament-opening win over Czechia on Thursday. He indicated that Morrissey will miss Sunday\u2019s game against France, but hasn\u2019t been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament. <\/p>\n

Finland recovered from their tournament-opening loss to Slovakia by defeating Sweden 4-1<\/a>. Juuse Saros made 34 saves (including 17 in the third period) while Nikolas Matinpolo, Anton Lundell, Joel Armia, and Mikko Rantanen scored for Finland (1-0-0-1). Rasmus Dahlin replied for Sweden (1-0-0-1). <\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: The loss prompted the Swedes to make changes to their roster<\/a> for Saturday\u2019s game against Slovakia. Jacob Markstrom replaced goaltender Filip Gustavsson, while defenseman Rasmus Andersson and center Elias Lindholm were replaced by Hampus Lindholm and Marcus Johansson. <\/p>\n

A story emerged claiming that several of the Finnish players would\u2019ve preferred Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice as their bench boss<\/a> for this tournament over current coach Antti Pennanen. The report was downplayed by Finland\u2019s general manager Jere Lehtinen.<\/p>\n

Czechia got four straight goals<\/a> to overcome a 3-2 deficit for a 6-3 win over France. David Pastrnak and Martin Necas had a goal and an assist for Czechia (1-0-0-1). Louis Boudon scored twice for France (0-0-0-2), who overcame a 2-0 deficit to take the lead in the second period, until a horrible line change during a power play late in the second period led to Czechia regaining the lead. <\/p>\n

Slovakia held off Italy<\/a> (0-0-0-2) by a score of 3-2. Adam Ruzicka scored what proved to be the winning goal while Juraj Slakovsky collected an assist on Libor Hudacek\u2019s game-opening goal for Slovakia (2-0-0-0). <\/p>\n

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