Italy vs Norway Preview & Prediction | 2026 IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship | Group Stage

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Norway come into their match against Italy as significant favourites with the latter at the bottom end of Group B.

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Italy vs Norway prediction

Italy were unsurprisingly taken to the cleaners by Canada in their first fixture and whilst the result wasn’t as destructive as the 6-0 thrashing dealt to them by the Canadians, Slovakia also made light work of the Italians, beating them 4-1 on Sunday. Norway will hope to do the same in this next match as they look to make it two wins from three.

After narrowly losing out to Slovakia, the Norwegians flexed their muscles against Slovenia, winning 4-0 in a dominating performance across all departments. They are moving the puck around the ice extremely well and the second period in particular in where they have shone, adjusting after the first to score four of their five goals across the tournament so far in that period. Expect them to do the same again this time around and defeat this Italian side.

Italy vs Norway tip: Norway to win