The 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament will conclude Thursday with a championship game at TD Garden in Boston.
The tournament, which started Feb. 12 in Montreal, is hosted by the NHL and features only players from the league. They are split into four teams representing their respective home countries: United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland.
4 Nations has been played in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. The first four games were held at Montreal’s Bell Centre, and two games were played Monday night at TD Garden.
The United States will take on Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off Final on Thursday.
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If their first matchup in the tournament is any indication, the game will be eventful — Saturday’s US versus Canada game saw three fights in the first nine seconds of play.
Both teams won two games each during the round-robin series.
Sweden took third place on the tournament, while Finland came in fourth.
The final will be played Thursday, Feb. 20 at 8 pm ET at TD Garden.
It will be available to watch live on ESPN or streaming on Sling, Fubo and ESPN+.
There are still tickets available for Thursday’s 4 Nations Final at TD Garden — but they’re not cheap.
Prices start at $1,043 per ticket on Ticketmaster as of Tuesday afternoon. Some seats are priced upwards of $7,000.
Four Boston Bruins players are in the 4 Nations tournament, but only two of them will play in the final.
Forward Brad Marchand will play for Canada and goalie Jeremy Swayman will represent the US.
Charlie McAvoy won’t play in the final after being admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital for an upper-body injury.
Forward Elias Lindholm played earlier in the tournament for Finland.
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