Milan Cortina: What to watch today in the Winter Olympics — Team USA women's hockey looks to advance to final (2/16)
Milan Cortina: What to watch today in the Winter Olympics — Team USA women's hockey looks to advance to final (2/16)
Yahoo Sports Staff and Tarohn Finley Mon, February 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM UTC
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The Winter Games have begun in Italy. From the rink to the slopes, a new generation of stars has emerged to chase gold. We’ll keep you connected to all of the thrilling moments and top stories as we track the medal race each day of the Games.
Team USA is at 17 medals after no gains on Sunday, with more up for grabs on Monday in Milan.
Women's hockey will look to keep rolling in the semifinals, while the women's curling team will look to keep the momentum after a thrilling win on Sunday. Figure skating continues with pair skating, and medals will also be handed out in women's monobob and the 1000m in women's short track speed skating.
Here are the top five things to watch on Monday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics:
Women's hockey looks to advance to final (10:40 a.m. ET)
Team USA is on a roll after a 6-0 win over Italy in the quarterfinals, but it'll face a tough test against Sweden in the semifinals on Monday. Sweden is the only other undefeated team in the tournament, with a +16 goal differential to Team USA's +19. The U.S. women are riding four straight shutouts after allowing one goal to Czechia in their opening game.
Despite how strong Team USA has been defensively, all eyes will be on Hilary Knight, who, in the United States' 5-0 victory over Finland last weekend, tied the Olympic record for the most goals in women's hockey history, with 14. Knight, 36, is now tied with Natalie Darwitz and Katie King.
The winner of this game will face the winner of Canada-Switzerland on Thursday.
Women's curling riding high in group play (1:05 p.m. ET)
Team USA women's curling will take on Italy in group play Monday, riding its momentum from Sunday's comeback victory over China. After falling behind 4-1 after the fifth end, Team USA was able to cut China's lead to one, adding two points in the fifth. Despite giving up another point, the U.S. was able to rattle off three more points in the final three ends for an improbable victory.
The U.S. women are second in the standings at 4-1. Only Sweden has a better record at 5-0.
U.S. teams shoot for a medal in pairs figure skating (2 p.m. ET)
Team USA pairs figure skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, and Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe, return to the ice on Monday after their short programs on Sunday. Kam and O'Shea sit in seventh after scoring 71.87, while Chan and Akira Howe are in ninth (70.06) going into the free skate.
Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin lead the field with a score of 80.01.
The last U.S. medal in pairs figure skating, a bronze, came at the 1988 Games in Calgary.
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Elana Meyers Taylor leads medal charge in women's monobob (3 p.m. ET)
After two heats, the U.S. women are in prime position for the podium. Behind Germany's Laura Nolte, who sits in first, Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor, Kaysha Love and defending Olympic gold medalist Kaillie Armbruster Humphries are in the hunt.
Meyers Taylor won silver in the monobob in 2022, and she'll compete in two-woman bobsleigh later this week.
Team USA looks for first medal in short track speed skating (5 a.m. ET)
Kristen Santos-Griswold is still looking for her first Olympic medal, and she'll tackle the 1000m on Monday. She advanced to the quarterfinals after finishing second in her qualifying heat, and she'll go up against the Netherlands' Xandra Velzeboer, Hungary's Diana Laura Vegi and Korea's Gilli Kim and Dohee Noh.
Olympics schedule for Monday, Feb. 16 (Day 10)Alpine Skiing
Slalom
4 a.m.: Men’s run 1 (USA Network)
7:20 a.m.: Men’s run 2 (USA Network coverage begins at 7:30 a.m.; NBC will air both runs at 2:45 p.m.)🏅
Bobsled
Two-man
4 a.m.: Runs 1, 2 (airs on USA Network at 7 a.m.)
Monobob
1 p.m.: Women's runs 3, 4 (airs on NBC at 3:30 p.m.)🏅
Curling
Women's round-robin
3:05 a.m.: Sweden vs. Switzerland, China vs. Canada (airs on USA Network at 10:15 a.m.), Denmark vs. Great Britain
1:05 p.m.: USA vs. Italy (airs at 5 p.m. on CNBC), South Korea vs. China, Switzerland vs. Great Britain, Japan vs. Canada
Men's round-robin
8:05 a.m.: Great Britain vs. Norway (airs at 11:30 a.m. on USA Network), Czechia vs. Canada, Sweden vs. Germany, Italy vs. China
Figure Skating
Pairs
2 p.m.: Free skate (USA Network; airs on NBC at 3:55 p.m.)🏅
Freestyle Skiing
Big air
1:30 p.m.: Women's final (NBC)🏅
Hockey
Women's semifinals
10:40 a.m.: Teams TBD (NBC)
3:10 p.m.: Teams TBD (airs on USA Network on 4:15 p.m.)
Short Track -
5 a.m.: Men’s 500m qualifying, men’s 5000m relay semifinals, women’s 1000m final (airs on USA Network at 6:15 p.m.)🏅
Ski Jumping
Large hill
12 p.m.: Men’s super team final (airs on USA Network at 11 p.m.)🏅
Snowboarding
Slopestyle
4:30 a.m.: Women's qualifying (USA Network coverage begins at 4:50 a.m.; airs on NBC at 10 a.m.)
8 a.m.: Men's qualifying (USA Network coverage begins at 8:35 a.m.)
Source: “AOL Sports”
