Olympic viewing guide: Canadians start strong, figure skating begins tonight

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The Canadian women's hockey and mixed doubles curling teams and moguls superstar Mikaël Kingsbury all kicked off their quests to win Olympic gold either last night or this morning. Here's what happened:

Mixed doubles curling

Canada's Rachel Homan and John Morris opened with a tough loss last night, falling 6-4 to reigning world champions Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat of Great Britain in a game that went down to the final rocks. But the Canadians rebounded this morning with a 7-6 win over the Norwegian duo that took Olympic bronze in 2018.

Homan and Morris, who are defending the gold medal Morris won with Kaitlyn Lawes four years ago, return to the ice tonight for a pair of games. They'll face 2018 silver medallist Switzerland at 7:35 p.m. ET, and China at 12:35 a.m. ET.

Women's hockey

Canada came out flying in its opener last night, crushing overmatched Switzerland 12-1. Besides the lopsided score, a few stats stood out for the Canadians: they outshot the Swiss 70-15, eight different players scored goals, and 12 registered at least one point. That kind of depth bodes well for Canada's chances of taking back the gold medal from the United States, which won it in a shootout in 2018 to break Canada's streak of four consecutive titles.

The Americans opened with a 5-2 win over Finland this morning, but they lost a key player: veteran forward and alternate captain Brianna Decker is out for the tournament after being stretchered off with a severe leg injury. Decker, you might remember, was the (unofficial) winner of the passing event at the 2019 NHL