Tuesday, May 16, 2017
3 p.m. local time

COLOGNE, Germany – After breakfast at the hotel, the U.S. had an optional skate this morning at 10:15 a.m. at LANXESS Arena. Just a handful of players made the journey to the rink for a short skate or other game preparation.

The U.S. looks to win Group A here later today with its final preliminary round game against Russia. Opening faceoff is set for 4:15 p.m. local time (10:15 a.m. ET) and the game can be seen live on NBCSN in the U.S. (live stream on the NBC Sports app and at NBCSports.com).