NHL Publicizes Finland, Sweden Rosters for 2025 4 Nations Face-Off with USA, Canada

The total rosters for Finland and Sweden within the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off are formally set, and the NHL unveiled the lineups for followers on Wednesday.

The Finland group is headlined by the likes of Sebastian Aho, Kaapo Kakko and Patrik Laine:

The Swedish group options stars like Filip Forsberg, Mika Zibanejad and Erik Karlsson, amongst others:

Forsberg, Karlsson and Victor Hedman had been members of the Swedish group that positioned third within the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto, which was the final time the NHL held a best-on-best worldwide match that includes its gamers.

NHL gamers additionally did not compete within the Winter Olympics in each 2018 and 2022, so the return to worldwide play will probably be a breath of contemporary air for many of them.

The total rosters for the USA and Canada groups will probably be revealed afterward Wednesday night time. Nonetheless, there’s already a ton of confidence on the USA facet.

“So far as the kind of group that you’re going to see, it will be very gifted,” USA coach Mike Sullivan told NHL.com on Tuesday. “Will probably be a gifted group that I feel can compete in opposition to any group in any setting. There’s pace. There’s ability. There’s dimension. There’s abrasiveness. There’s defensive conscience. There’s dynamically offensive gamers. However as I’ve mentioned all alongside, each group goes to have expertise. Expertise alone is not going to win the match, we do not suppose, and so I feel our problem is to change into a group.”

The 2025 4 Nations Face-Off will probably be held from Feb. 12-20 at Bell Centre in Montreal and at TD Backyard in Boston. Sweden will open the match in opposition to Canada on Feb. 12, whereas Finland will tackle the USA the next day. Each opening video games will probably be performed at Bell Centre.