Slovakia ran over Germany in their quarterfinals matchup.

Our free Slovakia vs. Germany predictions for Wednesday, February 18 are backing the Germans to fly out of the gate again.

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MILAN (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky has been here before. He was tournament MVP in 2022 when, at 17, he led Slovakia to its first medal of any color at the Olympics with bronze in Beijing. That was without NHL participation.

Team Slovakia is in the semifinals with seven NHL players on its 25-man roster. "Coming to the tournament, seeing the rosters every team brought, they have really strong NHL guys

Slovakia had already proven that they were better than people gave them credit for, but the dark horses have pulled off yet another upset in a tournament full of them.

What we've seen in Milan is a shocking performance from a young team that’s at least four years ahead of schedule.

Slovakia and Germany will meet in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, with a semifinal berth on the line in what projects as one of the most evenly matched elimination games of the tournament.

Seider shone individually in Germany's Olympic exit, handling heavy minutes. Slovakia's depth, however, proved too much in the 6-2 quarterfinal rout.