Crew USA and Canada will sq. off as soon as once more within the 4 Nations Face-Off last on Thursday, and if it is even half pretty much as good as their final tilt, hockey followers are in for a deal with. The Individuals received a heated battle Saturday, and the Canadians shall be on the lookout for revenge within the championship recreation.

Within the round-robin matchup between these groups, the primary true best-on-best assembly since 2016, the rivalry picked up the place it left off after which some. After the Bell Centre crowd booed the U.S. nationwide anthem, three fights happened over the primary 9 seconds. It was a raucous ambiance, and we must always anticipate extra of the identical Thursday in Boson.

The Individuals stepped up in a hostile surroundings and notched a 3-1 win over their rivals to the north. Dylan Larkin had the game-winning objective and Jake Guentzel discovered the again of the web twice. Connor McDavid scored the lone Canadian objective, and Connor Hellebuyck stopped the opposite 25 pictures he confronted.

4 Nations Face-Off: The place to observe USA vs. Canada in last, schedule, scores, TV channel, rosters, stay stream

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Coming into the rematch, each groups shall be lacking some key gamers. Canada’s blue line depth has already been examined on this match after it misplaced Vegas Golden Knights teammates Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo. Theodore was injured within the crew’s opening recreation towards Sweden, and Pietrangelo bowed out as a consequence of sickness.

The Individuals will certainly be with out Charlie McAvoy, who needed to be hospitalized with an upper-body damage. Matthew Tkachuk, who missed the third interval of the sport towards Canada and Crew USA’s loss to Sweden, is questionable. The identical could be mentioned for Brady Tkachuk and Auston Matthews, who’re coping with extra minor accidents.

There may be some good damage information for the U.S. as Norris Trophy contender Quinn Hughes, who missed the beginning of the match, will function McAvoy’s alternative.

No matter which gamers go well with up, Thursday’s championship recreation is bound to be a knock-down, drag-out combat in TD Backyard. It’s going to even be the final probability we get to see these groups on the ice till the 2026 Olympics in Italy.

Methods to watch Crew USA vs. Canada

Date: Thursday, Feb. 20 | Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: TD Backyard — Boston, Massachusetts
TV: ESPN | Streaming: fubo (strive at no cost)