How to watch the Sabres playing in the IIHF World Championship

The Sabres will have six players competing at the IIHF World Championship, which begins Friday, May 20 in Latvia and runs through Sunday, June 6.
The tournament is back after being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Finland won the most recent event in 2019.
The participating Sabres are:
Colin Miller - Canada
Arttu Ruotsalainen - Finland
J-J Peterka - Germany
Tobias Rieder - Germany
Victor Olofsson - Sweden
Tage Thompson - United States
Here is everything you need to know to follow along.

The format

Sixteen teams are broken into two groups for the preliminary round. Olofsson and Sweden will compete in Group A. The other Sabres players - on Canada, Finland, Germany, and the U.S. - will all be in Group B, promising plenty of head-to-head matchups.
The preliminary round consists of round-robin play with the top four teams from each group advancing to the quarterfinals. The tournament consists of single elimination play from that point forward.

How to watch

Here is the schedule of games involving Sabres players, with select games airing on NHL Network:
Friday, May 21
• Germany vs. Italy - 9:15 a.m.
• Canada vs. Latvia - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Saturday, May 22
• Norway vs. Germany - 5:15 a.m.
• Denmark vs. Sweden - 5:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Finland vs. USA - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
Sunday, May 23
• Sweden vs. Belarus - 9:15 a.m.
• Kazakhstan vs. Finland - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Canada vs. USA - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Monday, May 24
• Germany vs. Canada - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Tuesday, May 25
• USA vs. Kazakhstan - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Switzerland vs. Sweden - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
• Finland vs. Norway - 1:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 26
• Kazakhstan vs. Germany - 9:15 a.m.
• Canada vs. Norway - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Thursday, May 27
• USA vs. Latvia - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Sweden vs. Czech Republic - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
• Finland vs. Italy - 1:15 p.m.
Friday, May 28
• Sweden vs. Great Britain - 9:15 a.m.
• Kazakhstan vs. Canada - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
Saturday, May 29
• Norway vs. USA - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Germany vs. Finland - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Sunday, May 30
• Italy vs. Canada - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Sweden vs. Slovakia - 1:15 p.m.
• Finland vs. Latvia - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Monday, May 31
• USA vs. Germany - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Russia vs. Sweden - 1:15 p.m. (NHL Network)
Tuesday, June 1
• Canada vs. Finland - 5:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Italy vs. USA - 9:15 a.m. (NHL Network)
• Germany vs. Latvia - 1:15 p.m.