{"id":394760,"date":"2026-02-12T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=394760"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:01:47","slug":"canada-vs-switzerland-preview-and-odds-olympic-mens-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/canada-vs-switzerland-preview-and-odds-olympic-mens-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada vs. Switzerland Olympic men&#8217;s hockey betting preview and odds: Canadians are favoured after Thursday&#8217;s dominant win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Canadian men&#8217;s hockey team is a big favourite against Switzerland on Friday after a dominant return to Olympic best-on-best play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Canada blew the doors off Czechia in Thursday&#8217;s round-robin opener but suffered a big injury on defence. Josh Morrissey exited in the second period, and it&#8217;s unclear whether he will be available for Jon Cooper&#8217;s squad moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our Canada vs. Switzerland preview and betting odds for the game on Feb. 13 at 3:10 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets to start betting on the Winter Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada vs. Switzerland preview and betting odds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada is -530 on the moneyline as of Thursday afternoon. That means bettors would have to wager $530 to net $100 of profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That marks the second straight game where the Red and White were -500 favourites or shorter. Once again, the puck line is set at 2.5, with odds shaded toward Canada (-121).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Market<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Betting odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Canada moneyline<\/td><td>-530<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Switzerland moneyline<\/td><td>+420<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Canada -2.5<\/td><td>-121<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Switzerland -2.5<\/td><td>+102<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 6 goals<\/td><td>-104<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 6 goals<\/td><td>-115<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxODg1JnA9MzEwMjY%3D\">Bet on Canada to win gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics now<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Canada vs. Switzerland odds as of 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 12, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada hockey Olympic preview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, Canadian hockey fans, was it worth the wait? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada flexed its muscles to open group stage play, winning 5-0, to set the tone for the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macklin Celebrini scored the opener in his Olympic debut with Mark Stone, Nick Suzuki, Bo Horvant and Nathan MacKinnon chipping in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crosby. McDavid. MacKinnon. \ud83d\udd25<br><br>Nothing more to say! \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamCanada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamCanada<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MilanoCortina2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MilanoCortina2026<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBCOlympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBCOlympics<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N8DKrNAFrF\">pic.twitter.com\/N8DKrNAFrF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Team Canada (@TeamCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamCanada\/status\/2022007121077023207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Canada&#8217;s biggest perceived weakness heading into this event was its goaltending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Jordan Binnington stood tall, turning away all 26 shots faced by David Pastrnak and Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjcxODg1JnA9MzEwMjY%3D\">See full Canada vs. Switzerland odds at NorthStar Bets<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\">Switzerland picked up a 4-0 shutout win of its own over France to open group stage play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\">The Swiss have a strong NHL contingent on their roster, headlined by New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier and Norris Trophy winner Roman Josi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonardo Genoni, who won MVP at the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship after leading the tournament in GAA and save percentage, made 27 saves for his first Olympic shutout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Sign up to NorthStar Bets today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian men&#8217;s hockey team is a big favourite against Switzerland on Friday after a dominant return to Olympic best-on-best play. The pregame narrative: Canada blew the doors off Czechia in Thursday&#8217;s round-robin opener but suffered a big injury on defence. Josh Morrissey exited in the second period, and it&#8217;s unclear whether he will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":394770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-394760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-nhl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canada vs. Switzerland preview, Olympic hockey betting odds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our 2026 Canada vs. Switzerland preview and betting odds. 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