2026 Winter Olympics from Milano Cortina, Italy, odds, picks: Men's hockey predictions from proven expert

With the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics in Italy, Canada comes into the 2026 Games as the odds-on favorites to bring home the gold medal. Canada is at +105 to win it all at FanDuel Sportsbook. Defending champion Finland, who won gold at Beijing in 2022, is at +1300.

Other favorites include the United States at +190, Sweden at +550 and Czechia at +22200. Men's hockey preliminary round play begins on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Milano Cortina, Italy, with the host nation extreme longshots at +100000.

Before making any 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey picks or predictions, you need to see what hockey insider Matt Severance has to say.

Severance is coming off an outstanding NHL season in which he went 235-155-21 (plus $2,022). He enters the Olympic break on a 26-12 roll on NHL money-line picks this season, returning $1,326 for $100 players. 

For the 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milan and Cartina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Severance is backing the United States to earn its first men's hockey medal since taking silver at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. This prop returns -330.

Severance has three other top picks, including a longshot prop that returns +800!

So who wins the gold medal in men's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cartina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and which huge longshot prop should you be on? Visit SportsLine now to see the picks and best bets from the 2026 Winter Olympics, and find out!