Four Nations Game Preview: Team USA vs. Team Canada with Line Combinations 2/15/2025

Four Nations Game Preview: Team USA vs. Team Canada with Line Combinations 2/15/2025

Team USA (1-0-0-0, 3 pts) vs. Team Canada (0-1-0-0, 2 pts)

Venue: Bell Centre
Date: Saturday, February 15
Time: 8:00 pm EST
TV: ABC

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Team USA:
+1.5 ML -108
Team Canada -1.5 ML -112
O/U 6.5

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Team USA News & Notes:

USA picked up a 6-1 win on Thursday in their first game of the tournament. They got goals from Matt Boldy, Jake Guentzel, and two from Matthew Tkachuk as well as his brother Brady Tkachuk. Connor Hellebuyck got the start stopping 20 of the 21 shots he faced.

Team Canada News & Notes:

Canada started the tournament with a 4-3 overtime win over Sweden. However, they suffered a loss as Shea Theodore has been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament with an upper-body injury. Canada got goals from Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand, Mark Stone, and Mitch Marner, who scored the game-winner. Jordan Binnington turned aside 23 of the 26 shots he faced in the win.

Team USA Projected Lines

Connor-Eichel-M.Tkachuk
Guentzel-Matthews-J.Hughes
Boldy-Miller-B.Tkachuk
Nelson-Trocheck-Larkin

Slavin-Fox
Werenski-McAvoy
Hanifin-Faber

Hellebuyck
Oettinger

Power-Play

M.Tkachuk-J.Hughes-Matthews
Eichel-Fox

B.Tkachuk-Boldy-Connor
J.Hughes-Werenski

Team Canada Projected Lines

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

Toews-Makar
Morrissey-Parayko
Sanheim-Doughty

Hill
Binnington

Power-Play

Crosby-MacKinnon-Reinhart
Makar-McDavid

Stone-Point-Marner
Konecny-Morrissey

Players To Watch:

Team USA

Matthew Tkachuk picked up three points in Thursday’s win with two goals and an assist. This season with Florida in 52 games he has 57 points on 22 goals and 35 assists.

Team Canada

Sidney Crosby picked up three assists in Wednesday’s win over Sweden. He picked up assists on MacKinnon’s goal, Stone’s goal, and Marner’s game-winner. Crosby has 58 points in 55 games with Pittsburgh this season on 17 goals and 41 assists.

Injury Report:

Team USA

F Chris Kreider – Scratch
D Jake Sanderson – Scratch
G Jeremy Swayman – Scratch

Team Canada

F Travis Konecny – Scratch
D Shea Theodore – Week-To-Week
G Sam Montembeault – Scratch

Next Game

Team USA: February 17 vs. Sweden
Team Canada: February 17 vs. Finland

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