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Guide to the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off

Originally posted on The Hockey Writers
By Jacob Billington | Last updated Jan 27, 2025 12:19 PM ET

The NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off is here as a way for the league to get back to best-on-best tournaments. The league has not participated in a tournament with the top players going head-to-head since the 2016 World Cup, where Canada took the gold medal. With the Olympics and World Cup not in the NHL’s docket for the past nine years, fans and players were missing out. Now, as a way to get back into the swing of things before the 2026 Olympics and 2028 World Cup, there will be the 4 Nations Face-Off, involving Team Canada, Team USA, Team Sweden, and Team Finland.

Two cities, Montreal and Boston, are set to host the tournament games. With each team playing three preliminary games, the top two teams after the round-robin will face off in a championship game. The first three days of the tournament will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, hosting four games. The last two days, including the championship game, will be at TD Garden in Boston, for a total of three games.

4 Nations Face-Off Rosters

Team/Nation	Roster Predication	Final Roster	Roster Analysis
Team Canada	Roster Prediction	Final Roster	Roster Analysis
Team USA	Roster Prediction	Final Roster	Roster Analysis
Team Finland	Roster Prediction	Final Roster
Team Sweden	Roster Prediction	Final Roster

4 Nations Face-Off Schedule

Date/Time/Location	Teams	Game Preview	Final Score	Game Recap
Feb. 12, 2025 8:00 p.m. EST Bell Centre, Montreal	Team Canada vs. Team Sweden
Feb. 13, 2025 8:00 p.m. EST Bell Centre, Montreal	Team USA vs. Team Finland
Feb. 15, 2025 1:00 p.m. EST Bell Centre, Montreal	Team Finland vs. Team Sweden
Feb. 15, 2025 8:00 p.m. EST Bell Centre, Montreal	Team Canada vs. Team USA
Feb. 17, 2025 1:00 p.m. EST TD Garden, Boston	Team Canada vs. Team Finland
Feb. 17, 2025 8:00 p.m. EST TD Garden, Boston	Team USA vs. Team Sweden
Feb. 20, 2025 8:00 p.m. EST TD Garden, Boston	Championship (TBD)

Team Canada

Team Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off Roster: What They Got Right & Wrong

Team Canada Adding Canadiens’ Montembeault to 4 Nations Face-Off Roster Isn’t Political

Oilers’ Players Failed to Prove They Deserve Spot on Team Canada

Oilers’ Darnell Nurse Deserves a Spot on Canadian 4-Nations Face-Off Roster

Has Oiler Zach Hyman Played Himself Off of Team Canada?

Lightning’s Cirelli Making a Case for Team Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off Roster

TSN Experts Say Oilers Duo Should Have Spots on Canada’s 4 Nations Roster

Parayko Snubbed From Team Canada Four Nations Projections

4 Oilers Not Named McDavid Who Could Play for Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off

Team Finland

Utah HC’s Olli Määttä & Juuso Välimäki Named to Team Finland

Canadiens’ Armia, Laine Justifiably Make Finland’s 4 Nations Cut

Team Sweden

3 Team Sweden Options to Replace Linus Ullmark at the 4 Nations Face-Off

Senators’ Ullmark Should Play in 4 Nations Face-Off Despite Injury Risk

Team USA

Team USA’s 4 Nations Face-Off Roster: What They Got Right & Wrong

Devils’ Jack Hughes Makes Team USA’s 4 Nations Face-Off Roster

Wild’s GM Bill Guerin Right Choice for Team USA

Features

4 Nations Face-Off Roster Comparison & Power Ranking

4 Nations Face-Off All-Snubs Team

With Latest 4 Nations Snafu, NHL Continues to Shoot Themselves in the Promotional Foot

Wild’s GM Bill Guerin Right Choice for Team USA

3 Players Whose Health Makes 4 Nations Face-Off Participation Worrisome

What Each NHL Team Brings to the 4 Nations Face-Off

NHL Teams

Carolina Hurricanes

Colorado Avalanche

Edmonton Oilers

Florida Panthers

Minnesota Wild

Montreal Canadiens

New Jersey Devils

Ottawa Senators

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

St. Louis Blues

Tampa Bay Lightning

Toronto Maple Leafs

Utah Hockey Club

Winnipeg Jets

Player Eligibility

Any player who is under contract for the 2024-25 NHL season, and on an NHL roster as of Dec. 2, 2024, is eligible to partake in the tournament. While teams have announced their rosters already, they have up until Feb, 12, the beginning of the tournament, to make any changes to their roster due to injury.

Participating Nations

As made clear in the title of the tournament, the 4 Nations Face-Off will consist of just four teams. Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the USA will all be represented at the tournament. As the expectation of Olympic participation and the return of the World Cup is coming soon, the NHL opted to have a smaller tournament with four of the most represented countries in their league.

While other well-represented teams are on the outside of the tournament, such as Russia, Germany, Czechia, and more, the majority of the NHL is represented by these four nations with roughly 85 percent of players in the NHL coming from one of these countries.