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Path to gold set for Predators' Roman Josi, Juuse Saros, Filip Forsberg at Olympics
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The preliminary round of men's hockey at the Olympics is complete and the path to a gold medal is set for several Nashville Predators players.
The qualification round will take place on Feb. 17, setting up the quarterfinal round on Feb. 18, the semifinal round on Feb. 20, and the gold medal game on Feb. 22 .
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Canada, United States, Finland, and Slovakia automatically qualified for the quarterfinal round. Denmark, France, Czechia, Latvia, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Italy will play in the qualification round.
Roman Josi (Switzerland) and Filip Forsberg (Sweden) will begin in the qualification round, while Juuse Saros (Finland) and Erik Haula (Finland) already advanced to the quarterfinal. Here's the path to the gold medal for all four Predators players.
When will Roman Josi, Juuse Saros, Filip Forsberg next play in the Olympics?
Switzerland will kick off the qualification round when they face Italy on Feb. 17. Josi scored a goal and an assist in their recent win against Czechia and has three points in three games.
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Sweden will face Latvia on Feb. 17, then potentially face the United States in the quarterfinal round. Forsberg, who started the tournament as Sweden's 13th forward, saw his ice time increase in the last two games. He has one assist in three games.
Juuse Saros has started all three games for Finland and is 2-1-0 with a .946 save percentage. Erik Haula, who has been a third-line foward for Finland, has three assists in three games. Finland will play the winner of Switzerland/Italy on Feb. 18.
Qualification round:
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Feb. 17 - Switzerlandvs Italy (5:10 a.m. CT)
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Feb. 17 - Swedenvs Latvia (2:10 p.m. CT)
Quarterfinal round:
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Feb. 18 - Finlandvs. Switzerland/Italy winner (11:10 a.m. CT)
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Feb. 18 - United States vs Sweden/Latvia winner (2:10 p.m. CT)
All games are on NBC's Olympics coverage, which can also be streamed on Peacock.
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Alex Daugherty is the Predators beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Alex at jdaugherty@gannett.com . Follow Alex on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @alexdaugherty1 . Also check out our Predators exclusive Instagram page @tennessean_preds .
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