Matthew Tkachuk and Connor McDavid simply completed an epic battle within the Stanley Cup Finals and can be on reverse sides once more in the course of the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, the NHL introduced Friday.
The US, Canada, Sweden and Finland will compete within the event scheduled to happen at Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20.
Tkachuk of the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers was among the many first six gamers introduced to characterize the USA, together with forwards Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knights.
On the blue line for the U.S. would be the New York Rangers’ Adam Fox, the Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes, and the Boston Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy.
Edmonton Oilers ahead McDavid, who gained the Conn Smythe Trophy after notching a career-best 100 assists in a 132-point effort this season, can be joined on the Canadian Crew by the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, a three-time Stanley Cup champion (2009, 2016, 2017). Crosby, 36, led the Penguins with 94 factors 42 objectives and 52 assists in 82 video games.
The Canada roster additionally consists of two members of the Colorado Avalanche: defenseman Cale Makar, ahead Nathan MacKinnon. Brad Marchard of the Boston Bruins and Brayden Level of the Tampa Bay Lightning will be a part of them.
Level’s teammate from Tampa Bay, nine-time All-Star Victor Hedman, was certainly one of six named to the Sweden group. Hedman, 33, gained the Norris Trophy because the league’s finest defenseman in 2018 and has been a finalist for the dignity six instances over a 15-year profession.
Hedman can be joined on the blue line by Gustav Forsling of the Panthers and Erik Karlsson of the Penguins. Sweden’s first six additionally embrace forwards Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators, William Nylander of the Leafs and Mika Zibanejad of the Rangers.
One more member of the Stanley Cup profitable group will seem on the 4 Nations Face-Off, with Panthers ahead Aleksander Barkov main Finland’s contingent. Barkov notched a second Selke Trophy because the league’s finest defensive ahead in a season that noticed him end with 80 factors (23 objectives, 57 assists) in 73 video games.
Finland additionally introduced the addition of Dallas Stars defensemen Esa Lindell and Miro Heiskanen, and forwards Juuse Saros, Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes and one other Avs participant, Mikko Rantanen.
Every nation’s roster will encompass 23 gamers, with the rest to be named at a later time.
The event will change the NHL All-Star sport for the 2025 season and is positioned as a showcase main as much as the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
–Subject Degree Media
