NHL Games on TV Today - Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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| NHL REGULAR SEASON | Time ET | TV |
| 4 Nations Face-Off: Canada vs Sweden | 8:00pm | TNT truTV MAX |
Canada vs Sweden Preview, What to Watch
The 4 Nations Face-Off, which begins Wednesday in Montreal between Canada and Sweden, will finally bring an end to the nine-year break in top-tier international hockey.
The NHL's top players haven't faced off against one another to represent their nations since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. The league prohibited its athletes from competing in the Winter Olympics in 2018 and 2022.
Although Connor McDavid, a standout for the Edmonton Oilers and Team Canada, has not yet participated in an Olympics, he is fulfilling his dream of playing in a best-on-best competition.
Joining Canada and Sweden in the competition are the United States and Finland. The top two teams will compete for the title in Boston on February 20th following a round robin.
Despite Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks) being forced to withdraw on the day of the competition due to injury, the Americans may very well be the favorites because of their squad, which has plenty of offensive pop at forward and defense. When the Winnipeg Jets play Finland in their first game on Thursday, Connor Hellebuyck, the two-time and current Vezina Torphy winner, will be in goal.
Finland, which suffered greatly when its best defenseman, Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars), was sidelined by a knee injury, has the longest shot of the competition.
Regarding Canada, it is impossible to overlook the crucial issue.
Although the Canadians have a superb defense and forward lineup, goaltending is undoubtedly their biggest weakness. The only goaltenders in this tournament who have led their NHL teams to a Stanley Cup championship are Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues and Adin Hill of the Vegas Golden Knights; nonetheless, they are regarded as Canada's weakest link.
On Tuesday, coach Jon Cooper declared that Binnington would start the first game of the tournament.
With a forward line that includes McDavid, Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins), Nathan McKinnon (Colorado Avalanche), Mitch Marner (Toronto Maple Leafs), and Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning), as well as a wealth of experience and success in best-on-best competitions, the Canadians, however, think that problem can be solved.
When it comes to goalies, the Swedes have their own dilemma. Linus Ullmark (Ottawa Senators), Filip Gustavsson (Minnesota Wild), or Samuel Ersson (Philadelphia Flyers) will have to fill in for Jacob Markstrom, who is out of the tournament due to a knee injury.
After missing 18 games because of a back ailment, Ullmark made his comeback on February 4. After practice on Tuesday, no starter was named.
Sweden will try to score through blueliners Victor Hedman (Lightning) and Erik Karlsson (Penguins), as well as Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators), Elias Pettersson (Canucks), and William Nylander (Maple Leafs).
