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Canada vs. Sweden, 8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Thursday-Feb. 13
United States vs. Finland, 8 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Saturday-Feb. 15
Finland vs. Sweden, 1 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+
United States vs. Canada, 8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "TD Garden in Boston", "level": 4 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Monday-Feb. 17
Canada vs. Finland, 1 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT
Sweden vs. United States, 8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Thursday-Feb. 20
Championship game, 8 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Here's a look at the 4 Nations Face-off practice lines that feature Tampa Bay Lightning Players", "level": 3 } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Team USA", "level": 4 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Forwards
Kyle Connor - Jack Eichel- Matthew Tkachuk
Jake Guentzel - Auston Matthews - Jack Hughes
Matt Boldy - J.T. Miller - Brady Tkachuk
Brock Nelson - Vincent Trocheck - Dylan Larkin" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defensemen
Jaccob Slavin - Adam Fox
Zack Werenski - Charlie McAvoy
Noah Hanifin - Brock Faber" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Goaltenders
Connor Hellebuyck" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Team Canada", "level": 4 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "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" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defensemen
Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Josh Morrissey - Colton Parayko
Shea Theodore - Drew Doughty" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Goaltenders
Adin Hill" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Team Sweden", "level": 4 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "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" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jonas Brodin
Rasmus Dahlin - Rasmus Andersson
Mattias Ekholm - Erik Karlsson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Goaltenders
Filip Gustavsson" } } ] }

Where to watch the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-off