In an exciting twist to the usual NHL All-Star game and Skills Competition, the 4 Nations Face-Off 2025 has taken center stage during the traditional “all-star break” in 2025 featuring some of the NHL’s top players including Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Elias Pettersson, and Auston Matthews.
Instead of focusing on following intense division rivalries and tight wildcard points races, fans have been treated to a highly competitive tournament where the league’s top talent joins up with some of their fiercest competitors to represent their home countries.
Tonight, the rivalry between the USA and Canada hockey meets once again at the Bell Centre for a Saturday night primetime puck drop.
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On their way to this Saturday night rivalry matchup, USA and the flying Tkachuks defeated Finland 6-1 on Thursday night. The two brothers from Scottsdale, AZ scored two goals each. Zach Werenski earned three assists.
Finland’s lone goal by Henri Jokiharju opened the game with assists from Mikael Granlund and Olli Maatta.
Canada and Sweden opened the tournament on Wednesday night, with Mitch Marner sealing the deal 4-3 in overtime for the Canadians. Sidney Crosby tallied his third assist of the night on the game-winner. Sweden didn’t go down without a fight, though. Adrian Kempe and Joel Eriksson Ek tied it up with goals in the third period.
The 4 Nations Face-Off will be streaming on MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, ESPN, ESPN+ and ABC—depending on the game. View the full streaming schedule below.
Saturday, February 15
Monday February 17
Thursday, February 20
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What was the development path of Team USA’s players to becoming the best of the best? Chris Peters breaks down how the defense and goalies made it.
As Team USA gets set for the 4 Nations Face-Off opener, Chris Peters examines the development path of the forwards to be among the best of the best.
On this week’s episode of Called Up: The Prospects Podcast presented by Wonderful Pistachios, Chris Peters of FloHockey and Cam Robinson of Elite Prospects had much to discuss about the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Cam is on the scene in Montreal and gave his insights on the atmosphere at the Bell Centre, Canada’s narrow victory over Sweden in a thrilling tournament opener, what Sweden showed in the game and much more.
Chris and Cam also discuss the incredible rise of USA Hockey and how this may be the best collection of talent they’ve iced at a tournament top to bottom. Chris discusses how development has shifted and why the Americans have gained more ground on Canada while the neighbors to the north continue producing many of the game’s best talents.
The two also cover a range of international hockey topics in their weekly “Beyond Belief” segment including whether we’ll see Russia in the 2026 Olympics or not.
Lastly, Chris and Cam talk 2025 NHL Draft including the continued rise of Michael Misa and his growing threat to supplant Matthew Schaefer as the consensus No. 1. Also, why James Hagens continues to slide a bit more into the No. 3 category and a quick recap of last week’s U18 5 Nations that saw Finland surprisingly win the event.
In February 2024, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced at the NHL All-Star Game that the NHL would be modifying the all-star break for the 2025 season to an international tournament with the NHL’s best players from four of the world’s best hockey nations.
The intent of the tournament is to act as a stepping stone towards the NHL’s participation in the upcoming winter Olympics in 2026 and 2030—a change since players were not released to participate in 2018 and 2022.
The 4 Nations Face-Off is a round-robin tournament between four teams consisting of NHL players from each of the participating countries: United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland.
Each team will be made up of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies and they will play games in accordance with NHL rules. They will play three games and earn points:
The two teams with the best record will move on to the final.
Games will be played in two venues across North America—starting with four games at the Bell Centre in Montreal between Feb. 12-15 and moving to TD Garden in Boston, MA for the last three games.
Saturday, February 15
Wednesday, February 12
Thursday, February 13
View the rosters for each of the four teams at the 4 Nations Face-Off below.
Forwards
Defensemen
Goalies
*Replacement for Alex Pietrangelo
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Defensemen:
Goalies:
*Replacement for Quinn Hughes
Forwards:
Defensemen:
Goalies:
*Vaakanainen and Jokiharju are injury replacements for Miro Heiskanen and Jani Hakanpaa
*Matinpalo is an injury replacement for Rasmus Ristolainen
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Defensemen:
Goalies:
*Rickard Rakell is an injury replacement for William Karlsson
*Samuel Ersson is an injury replacement for Jacob Markstrom
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