In place of the NHL’s hit-or-miss All-Star Weekend, the league and the NHLPA have teamed up to put on the 4 Nations Face-Off in February 2025. The round robin tournament will include NHL players from four countries — the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland — and will be played in both Boston and Montreal across the seven-game slate.

Patrik Laine made his Montreal Canadiens debut Tuesday. This February, the forward will be skating in Montreal representing his home country at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Best-on-best international hockey returns in February, 2025. Explore the full schedule, rosters, and coverage on each team.

Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm was left off of the Team Sweden roster for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, which may indicate that the Boston blueliner’s absence could last months and not weeks, as had been previously indicated.

The 4 Nations Face-Off will be held from Feb. 12-20 at Bell Centre in Montreal and at TD Garden in Boston. Each of the four countries competing -- Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States -- will have a 23-man roster that includes 13 forwards, seven defenseman and three goalies, all of whom play in the NHL.

The full rosters for Finland and Sweden in the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off are officially set, and the NHL unveiled the lineups for fans on Wednesday. The

Off, scheduled Feb. 12-20 in lieu of the All-Star Game, will be the first international tournament to feature the best-on-best NHLers since the World Cup in 2016.

The final rosters for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off are set to be released on December 4th. With just days remaining until official rosters for each country are revealed and our latest attempt at Team USA out,