The final tourney game before the final is a matchup featuring two-thirds of the New Jersey Devils’ first line. It’s Jesper Bratt and Sweden against The Big Deal, Jack Hughes and the United States in Boston. Talk about the game here.
The final scheduled game before the 4 Nations Face-Off Final on Thursday, February 20 is between the United States and Sweden.
The Time: 8 PM ET
The Broadcast: TV: TNT, SportsNet, TVAS; Streaming: MAX
The Location: The TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Matchup: Sweden vs. United States
The Devils Involved: The two top scorers of the Devils will collide! Linemates Jesper Bratt and The Big Deal, Jack Hughes, will compete against each other. I am sure they will laugh about it one day. But not on this day.
The Swedish Roster: Barring any last-minute injury replacements:
Forwards (13): Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils), Lucas Raymond (Detroit), William Nylander (Toronto), Filip Forsberg (Nashville), Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles), Mika Zibanejad (Our Hated Rivals), Elias Pettersson (Vancouver), Elias Lindholm (Boston), Joel Eriksson Ek (Minnesota), Gustav Nyquist (Nashville), Leo Carlsson (Anaheim), Viktor Arvidsson (Edmonton), William Karlsson (Las Vegas)
Defensemen (7): Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay), Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh), Mattias Ekholm (Edmonton), Rasmus Andersson (Calgary), Gustav Forsling (Florida), Jonas Brodin (Minnesota)
Goaltenders (3): Filip Gustavsson (Minnesota), Linus Ullmark (Ottawa), Sam Ersson (Philadelphia)
The American Roster: Barring any last-minute injury replacements:
Forwards (13): Jack Eichel (Las Vegas), Kyle Connor (Winnipeg), Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils), Matthew Tkachuk (Florida), Jake Guentzel (Tampa Bay), Dylan Larkin (Detroit), Matt Boldy (Minnesota), Auston Matthews (Toronto), Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa), J.T. Miller (Our Hated Rivals), Vincent Trocheck (Our Hated Rivals), Brock Nelson (NY Islanders), Chris Kreider (Our Hated Rivals)
Defensemen (7): Zach Werenski (Columbus), Adam Fox (Our Hated Rivals), Noah Hanifin (Las Vegas), Charlie McAvoy (Boston) Brock Faber (Minnesota), Jaccob Slavin (Carolina), Jake Sanderson (Ottawa)
Goaltenders (3): Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg), Jake Oettinger (Dallas), Jeremy Swayman (Boston)
The Rules: The usual rules still apply as if this was a Devils gamethread. No swearing, no personal attacks or beefs, no comments or links to illegal streams, and, as ever, play nice or you will not play at all. And remember the special rule at the top.
Enjoy the 4 Nations Face-Off!