NHL 4 Nations Face-Off: Schedule, rosters, TV channel and how to stream

For the first time in nearly a decade, the NHL will host a best-on-best competition with the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament that starts on Wednesday night.

The four nations include the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden, with each team sporting the top players from their home country to win the inaugural tournament.

The 4 Nations Face-Off replaces the annual tradition of an NHL All-Star weekend at this time of year and is a warm up for what’s to come in 2026, with an All-Star Game on Long Island at UBS Arena, home of the New York Islanders and the league’s return to the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy this time next winter.

Here’s how to watch, the format, rosters and more for the highly anticipated inaugural debut of the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament:

What to know about 4 Nations Face-Off format

Each country will play one game against the other three countries during the round robin stage. Teams will earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime/shootout win and one point for if they lose in the overtime/shootout. The two teams with the best records will face off against one other in the championship game.

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Games will be played under NHL rules, with the lone exception being that overtime will now feature 10 minutes of 3-on-3 sudden death throughout the round robin portion unlike the NHL’s five minutes. If it’s still tied after 10 minutes, the game will then go to a shootout. During the championship game, overtime is just as it is in NHL playoff overtime: 5-on-5 hockey for 20-minute periods with the next team that scores a goal wins the game.

When and where will 4 Nations Face-Off tournament be held?

4 Nations Face-Off will take place from Wednesday, Feb. 12 until Thursday, Feb. 20.

The beginning of the round-robin portion of the tournament will take place at the Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canadiens.

Then, the last two round-robin games will be played at TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins.

4 Nations Face-Off schedule, TV channel and streaming

The tournament begins Wednesday night with team Canada taking on team Sweden at 8 p.m. in Montreal.

Team USA makes their tournament debut one day later when they take on Finland on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.

All seven contests will air on the likes of ESPN, TNT or ABC throughout the tournament.

For streaming options, ESPN+, Fubo and Sling will carry the ESPN and ABC games while Sling and MAX will broadcast the TNT contests.

Stream 4 Nations Face-Off tournament on ESPN+

Here’s the full schedule of date, time and tv info for each game:

Wednesday, Feb. 12: Canada 4, Sweden 3 (OT)
Thursday, Feb. 13: USA vs. Finland at Montreal, 8 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Feb. 15: Finland vs. Sweden at Montreal, 1 p.m., ABC
Saturday, Feb. 15: USA vs. Canada at Montreal, 8 p.m., ABC
Monday, Feb. 17: Canada vs. Finland at Boston, 1 p.m., TNT
Monday, Feb. 17: Sweden vs. USA at Boston, 8 p.m., TNT
Thursday, Feb. 20: Championship game at Boston, 8 p.m., ESPN

Watch 4 Nations Face-Off live on SlingOfficial 4 Nations Face-Off rosters

The rosters for all four nations have officially been finalized as of Monday night. Here the full list of each nations player, number, position and what NHL team they play for:

Team USA

12 F Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild
81 F Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets
9 F Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights
59 F Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning
86 F Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils
20 F Chris Kreider, New York Rangers
21 F Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings
34 F Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
10 F J.T. Miller, New York Rangers
29 F Brock Nelson, New York Islanders
7 F Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators
19 F Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers
16 F Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers
14 D Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild
23 D Adam Fox, New York Rangers
25 D Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins
15 D Noah Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights
85 D Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators
74 D Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes
8 D Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets
37 G Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets
30 G Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars
1 G Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins

Team Canada

9 F Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers
71 F Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning
87 F Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
38 F Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning
24 F Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes
11 F Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers
29 F Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
63 F Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
16 F Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
97 F Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
21 F Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning
13 F Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
61 F Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights
89 Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
8 D Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche
44 D Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets
55 D Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues
6 D Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers
27 D Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights
5 D Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche
50 G Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues
33 G Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights
35 G Sam Montembeault, Montreal Canadiens

Team Finland

20 F Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes
40 F Joel Armia, Montreal Canadiens
16 F Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers
64 F Mikael Granlund, Dallas Stars
56 F Erik Haula, New Jersey Devils
24 F Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars
84 F Kaapo Kakko, Seattle Kraken
92 F Patrik Laine, Montreal Canadiens
62 F Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche
15 F Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers
27 F Eetu Luostarinen, Florida Panthers
96 F Mikko Rantanen, Carolina Hurricanes
86 F Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks
10 D Henri Jokiharju, Buffalo Sabres
23 D Esa Lindell, Stars
77 D Niko Mikkola, Florida Panthers
3 D Olli Maatta, Utah Hockey Club
33 D Nikolas Matinpalo, Ottawa Senators
18 Urho Vaakanainen, New York Rangers
6 D Juuso Valimaki, Utah Hockey Club
32 G Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks
1 G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres
74 G Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators

Sweden

33 F Viktor Arvidsson, Edmonton Oilers
63 F Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils
91 F Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks
20 F Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild
9 F Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
10 F Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings
28 F Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins
88 F William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs
12 F Gustav Nyquist, Nashville Predators
40 F Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks
67 F Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins
23 F Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings
93 F Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers
4 D Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames
25 D Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild
26 D Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres
14 D Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers
42 D Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers
77 D Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
65 D Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins
30 G Samuel Ersson, Philadelphia Flyers
32 G Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild
35 G Linus Ullmark, Ottawa Senators

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