The NHL is on a 12-day break to introduce the “4 Nations Face-Off”, the world’s first “best-on-best” competition at the highest level since the 2016 World Cup. The tournament starts Wednesday, February 12, with Team Canada facing Team Sweden. The following night (February 13), Team USA gets its first action against Team Finland. Each team’s first two games will be played in Montreal, before the action shifts to Boston next week. All games will be televised in the United States by the NHL’s television partners TNT/truTV/Max and ABC/ESPN.
10 locals will be participating including 6 from the New York Rangers, 3 from the New Jersey Devils and 1 from the New York Islanders.
TEAM CANADA
No current locals.
(D Devon Toews, formerly of the Islanders, is on Team Canada)
TEAM FINLAND
F Erik Haula (New Jersey Devils)
D Urho Vaakanainen (New York Rangers)
(F Kaapo Kakko and D Niko Mikkola, both formerly of the Rangers, are on Team Finland)
TEAM SWEDEN
F Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils)
F Mika Zibanejad (New York Rangers)
TEAM USA
D Adam Fox (New York Rangers)
F Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils)
F Chris Kreider (New York Rangers)
F JT Miller (New York Rangers)
F Brock Nelson (New York Islanders)
F Vincent Trocheck (New York Rangers)
