Victor Hedman speaks with reporters postgame The 4 Nations Face-Off tournament is finally here. Wednesday’s matchup will feature Lightning captain Victor Hedman with Team Sweden facing off against Team Canada which will feature Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel alongside head coach Jon Cooper and Julien BriseBois as Assistant GM. TEAM CANADA Brayden Point has been centering a line with Bruins captain Brad Marchand and Carolina’s Seth Jarvis. Brandon Hagel and Anthony Cirelli continue to skate on a line together with Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett. "I don't like playing against guys you've gone to war with," Jon Cooper told reporters for NHL.com. [https://www.nhl.com/news/victor-hedman-starts-4-nations-face-off-against-coach-jon-cooper] "Now all of a sudden, it's for one game. I cheer for these guys. He's not playing for us, so you've got to put your blinders on. We have to do everything we can to stop him and win this game." "All you can hope for at the end of the game is that Victor Hedman is best player on the ice for Sweden and Canada won the game." PRACTICE LINES Forwards Sam Reinhart - Connor McDavid - Mitch Marner Mark Stone - Sidney Crosby - Nathan Mackinnon Brad Marchand - Brayden Point - Seth Jarvis Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Sam Bennett Defensemen Devon Toews - Cale Makar Josh Morrissey - Colton Parayko Shea Theodore - Drew Doughty Goaltenders Jordan Binnington TEAM SWEDEN Victor Hedman has been practicing on the top pairing, alongside Minnesota’s Jonas Brodin. Hedman, who is captain of Team Sweden feels this could be the most individual skill he's seen from his country in recent years, including from Maple Leafs forward William Nylander. “He is a difference maker, a game changer, a guy who can win the game by himself,” Hedman told reporters on Wednesday. “Nothing gets to him. That’s the way he plays the game. He plays with high intensity, and I think he puts a lot of pressure on himself to be the difference-maker every time he steps on the ice.” PRACTICE LINES Forwards Filip Forsberg - Elias Pettersson - Adrian Kempe Rickard Rakell - Mika Zibanajed - William Nylander Jesper Bratt - Joel Eriksson Ek - Lucas Raymond Viktor Arvidsson - Elias Lindholm - Gustav Nyquist Defensemen Victor Hedman - Jonas Brodin Rasmus Dahlin - Rasmus Andersson Mattias Ekholm - Erik Karlsson Goaltenders Filip Gustavsson Should be a fun one! Puck drop is at 8p.m. in Montreal.
