The 4 Nations Face-Off action continues on Thursday night with the United States facing Finland in both teams’ debut in the inaugural tournament.
It started with a bang on Wednesday night, with Canada outlasting Sweden 4-3 in an intense, back-and-forth overtime after the latter rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game midway through the third period to force OT.
Following the USA-Finland matchup will be a day off followed by a Saturday doubleheader, with Finland and Sweden in the afternoon, and the nightcap being the highly anticipated USA vs. Canada matchup from the Bell Centre on Saturday night.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch, betting odds and more for United States vs. Finland in tonight’s 4 Nations Face-Off game:
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TV: ESPN
The USA vs Finland round-robin game will air on ESPN.
United States vs Finland 4 Nations Face-Off game begins at 8 p.m. from the Bell Centre.
More:NHL 4 Nations Face-Off: Schedule, rosters, TV channel and how to stream
Streaming options for the USA-Finland 4 Nations Face-Off contest includes ESPN+.
Puck line: USA -1.5 (-122), Finland (+100)
Over/Under: Over 5.5 goals (-120), Under 5.5 goals (-102)
Moneyline: USA (-335), Finland (+265)
Odds via FanDuel Sportsbook in New Jersey as of Thursday, Feb. 13.
Perhaps the most complete all-around team in this tournament is the United States. While everyone’s looking forward to the must-see matchup against Canada on Saturday, you can’t look past Finland.
Finnish starting goalie Juuse Saros hasn’t been great on an underwhelming Nashville Predators team this season, but is coming off a three straight 30+ win seasons and has a solid defensive unit in front of him, plus perhaps the best two-way player in the game in forward Aleksander Barkov.
Finland won’t make it easy on team USA, but ultimately the United States comes away with a hard fought win in a low-scoring contest.
Prediction: USA 3, Finland 1
Canada: 2 points (1-0-0)
Sweden: 1 point (0-0-1)
USA: 0
Finland: 0
Each country will play one game against the other three countries during the round robin stage. Teams will earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime/shootout win and one point for if they lose in the overtime/shootout. The two teams with the best records will face off against one other in the championship game.
Games will be played under NHL rules, with the lone exception being that overtime will now feature 10 minutes of 3-on-3 sudden death throughout the round robin portion unlike the NHL’s five minutes. If it’s still tied after 10 minutes, the game will then go to a shootout. During the championship game, overtime is just as it is in NHL playoff overtime: 5-on-5 hockey for 20-minute periods with the next team that scores a goal wins the game.
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