Marcus Antonelli

For the first time since 2014, the NHL has opened its doors for its best talent to represent their nations colors at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. After passing two games without NHL players, the IIHF, NHL and IOC came to an agreement to let them back in for a best-on-best competition at the event.

The Boston Bruins saw eight of their current roster players named to their respective nations rosters. Pavel Zacha (named as one of Team Czechia’s original six players) did not travel to Milan due to an injury sustained on January 29th that sidelined him prior to the Olympics in the NHL regular season.

With the Bruins seeing so many of their current roster and affiliates at the games, we thought it best to look back on some notable statistics that stood out to us at this tournament.

Most points scored by a Bruin at the 2026 Olympics

In the Olympics, especially for best-on-best competition, it’s not easy for every player to score multiple points in a short span of time. As seen by the top scoring leaders, __ points for Connor McDavid in a two week span is a walk in the park for the world’s best player. However, the numbers dwindle from there.

David Pastrnak led the way as a point-per-game player for the Czech’s. While not officially on the Bruins roster, 22-year-old prospect Dans Locmelis registered two power-play goals, the first Latvian in Olympic history to do so, to beat Germany in preliminary play.

Goaltenders Joonas Korpisalo and Jeremy Swayman were sidelined for majority of the tournament, with Swayman seeing only a single game. He allowed three goals on 21 shots against.

Bruins by medal at the Olympics

The Bruins had four of their representatives medal at the Olympics in Milan. Henri Jokiharju and Joonas Korpisalo of Team Finland beat Slovakia in the Bronze Medal game on Saturday the 21st. Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman of the United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win USA’s first Gold Medal in over 40 years.

With those four getting means 13 of 22 Bruins Olympians (or 59%) have medaled at an Olympic Games.

The Bruins have already resumed practice back at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston. Pavel Zacha was a notable storyline this past week, as he transitioned from wearing a non-contact jersey to a regular jersey. This indicates that he should be good to go for when the NHL season kicks back into full swing.

The Bruins are set to face the Columbus Blue Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday night.