Men's World

The U.S. Men’s National Team faces Kazakhstan in preliminary round play at the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship. Live coverage from NBC Sports Network begins at 9:30 a.m. ET. 

With six points, the U.S. is in a three-way tie for third place in Group B with Finland and Belarus. Russia (12) and Latvia (9) own the top spots. Each team has three games remaining. The top four squads advance to the quarterfinals.

Team USA is 1-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) against Kazakhstan in the IIHF Men’s World Championship. Two years ago, Justin Abdelkader had an assist in the 3-2 overtime win. Game-by-game history