Four Nations Game Preview: Team Canada vs. Team Sweden with Line Combinations 2/12/2025

Four Nations Game Preview: Team Canada vs. Team Sweden with Line Combinations 2/12/2025

Team Canada (0-0-0-0, 0 pts) at Team Sweden (0-0-0-0, 0 pts)

Venue: Bell Centre
Date: Wednesday, February 12
Time: 8:00 pm EST
TV: TNT/truTV/MAX/SN/TVAS

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Canada: -1.5 ML -238
Sweden: +1.5 ML +195
O/U 5.5

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Team Canada News & Notes:

Canada enters the tournament as the second favorite to win the Four Nations Faceoff. They come in loaded offensively but the question is can the goaltending step up to lead them? They will rely heavily on defensive help.

Team Sweden News & Notes:

Sweden comes in as the third favorite to win the Four Nations Faceoff. Sweden is a sneaky team that has talent all over their lineup and can be led by goaltending but can also score with some big names on the roster.

Team Canada Projected Lines

Reinhart-McDavid-Marner
Stone-MacKinnon-Crosby
Jarvis-Point-Marchand
Hagel-Cirelli-Konecny

Toews-Makar
Theodore-Doughty
Morrissey-Parayko

Binnington
Hill

Power-Play

Reinhart-McDavid-Crosby
MacKinnon-Maker

Stone-Point-Marner
Konecny-Theodore

Team Sweden Projected Lines

Rakell-Zibanejad-Nylander
Kempe-Pettersson-Forsberg
Bratt-Eriksson Ek-Raymond
Nyquist-Lindholm-Arvidsson

Hedman-Brodin
Ekholm-E.Karlsson
Forsling-Dahlin

Gustavsson
Ullmark

Power-Play

Zibanejad-Eriksson Ek-Raymond
Nylander-Hedman

Rakell-Pettersson-Bratt
Forsberg-Karlsson

Players To Watch:

Team Canada

Nathan MacKinnon has the most points this season in the NHL as he has 87 points on 21 goals and 66 assists. Mitch Marner comes into the tournament with 71 points good for fourth in the NHL on 16 goals and 53 assists. Connor McDavid also entered the tournament with 71 points on 22 goals and 49 assists. Cale Makar is the leading point scorer for all the defensemen on Team Canada as well as in the NHL as he has 63 points 22 goals and 41 assists.

Team Sweden

Jesper Bratt is the team points leader on Sweden as he has 64 points this season on 17 goals and 47 assists. This season, Lucas Raymond has 59 points, 21 goals, and 38 assists. William Nylander this season has 55 points on 33 goals and 22 assists. Victor Hedman is the leader on defense in points as he’s recorded 44 this season on eight goals and 36 assists.

Injury Report:

Team Canada

F Sam Bennett – Scratch
D Travis Sanheim – Scratch
G Sam Montembeault – Scratch

Team Sweden

F Leo Carlsson – Scratch
D Rasmus Andersson – Scratch
G  Samuel Ersson – Scratch

Next Game

Canada: February 15 vs. USA
Sweden: February 15 vs. Finland

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