The remaining spots for each Four Nations Face-Off roster today were finalized, and the 92 players set to represent Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States are now set for the tournament in Montréal and Boston that takes place this coming February.
The majority of the announced players were not much of a surprise, as there were no major snubs; however, arguments can be made for each of Finland (Henri Jokiharju, Jesperi Kotkaniemi), Sweden (Mikael Backlund, Hampus Lindholm), Canada (Mathew Barzal, Alexis Lafrenière) or the United States (Clayton Keller, Tage Thompson), especially with all teams tending to skew older, and with players coming off of injury or absences (such as Patrik Laine, J.T. Miller and Jani Hakanpää) being named to the February rosters. Sixteen players who competed at this spring’s World Championships in Czechia are returning to their national teams, with half of those players coming from the Bronze medalists Sweden, with captain Erik Karlsson and alternates Victor Hedman and Lucas Raymond all being named to Tre Kronor.
As was announced previously, all rosters are made up only of NHL players, unlike the 2016 World Cup which featured players from the Russian KHL, Finnish Liiga and Swiss National League A. All but two teams (Washington and Seattle) have at least one player represented in the tournament, with the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers sending the most players with eight, with the 2023 Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights sending the next most (seven), and the 2024 Cup runners-up Edmonton Oilers sending three.
The final lineups for the four participating teams at the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off, with players named to the provisional rosters in June marked with an asterisk, participants at the 2024 World Championships marked with a dagger, withdrawn participants marked with a strikethrough (and their replacements marked with an “R”), and their current team noted in parentheses, are as follows:
| 🇨🇦 CANADA Sam Bennett, F (Florida) Jordan Binnington, G (St. Louis)† Anthony Cirelli, F (Tampa Bay) Sidney Crosby, F (Pittsburgh)* Drew Doughty, D (Los Angeles)R Brandon Hagel, F (Tampa Bay)† Adin Hill, G (Vegas) Seth Jarvis, F (Carolina) Travis Konecny, F (Philadelphia) Nathan MacKinnon, F (Colorado)* Cale Makar, D (Colorado)* Brad Marchand, F (Boston)* Mitch Marner, F (Toronto) Connor McDavid, F (Edmonton)* Sam Montembeault, G (Montréal) Josh Morrissey, D (Winnipeg) Colton Parayko, D (St. Louis)† Brayden Point, F (Tampa Bay)* Sam Reinhart, F (Florida) Travis Sanheim, D (Philadelphia) Mark Stone, F (Vegas) Shea Theodore, D (Vegas) Devon Toews, D (Colorado) |
🇫🇮 FINLAND Sebastian Aho, F (Carolina)* Joel Armia, F (Montréal) Alexander Barkov, F (Florida)* Mikael Granlund, F (Dallas) Erik Haula, F (New Jersey) Roope Hintz, F (Dallas) Henri Jokiharju, D (Buffalo)R Kaapo Kakko, F (Seattle) Patrik Laine, F (Montréal) Kevin Lankinen, G (Vancouver) Artturi Lehkonen, F (Colorado) Esa Lindell, D (Dallas)* Anton Lundell, F (Florida) Eetu Luostarinen, F (Florida) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G (Buffalo) Nikolas Matinpalo, D (Ottawa)R Niko Mikkola, D (Florida) Olli Määttä, D (Utah)† Mikko Rantanen, F (Carolina)* Juuse Saros, G (Nashville)* Teuvo Teräväinen, F (Chicago) Urho Vaakanainen, D (NY Rangers)R Juuso Välimäki, D (Utah) |
| 🇸🇪 SWEDEN Rasmus Andersson, D (Calgary) Viktor Arvidsson, F (Edmonton) Jesper Bratt, F (New Jersey) Jonas Brodin, D (Minnesota)† Leo Carlsson, F (Anaheim) Rasmus Dahlin, D (Buffalo)† Mattias Ekholm, D (Edmonton) Joel Eriksson Ek, F (Minnesota)† Samuel Ersson, G (Philadelphia)R† Filip Forsberg, F (Nashville)* Gustav Forsling, D (Florida)* Filip Gustavsson, G (Minnesota)† Victor Hedman, D (Tampa Bay)*† Erik Karlsson, D (Pittsburgh)*† Adrian Kempe, F (Los Angeles)† Elias Lindholm, F (Boston) William Nylander, F (Toronto)* Gustav Nyquist, F (Nashville) Elias Pettersson, F (Vancouver) Rickard Rakell, F (Pittsburgh)R Lucas Raymond, F (Detroit)† Linus Ullmark, G (Ottawa) Mika Zibanejad, F (NY Rangers)* |
🇺🇸 UNITED STATES Matt Boldy, F (Minnesota)† Kyle Connor, F (Winnipeg) Jack Eichel, F (Vegas)* Brock Faber, D (Minnesota) Adam Fox, D (NY Rangers)* Jake Guentzel, F (Tampa Bay) Noah Hanifin, D (Vegas) Connor Hellebuyck, G (Winnipeg) Jack Hughes, F (New Jersey) Chris Kreider, F (NY Rangers) Dylan Larkin, F (Detroit) Auston Matthews, F (Toronto)* Charlie McAvoy, D (Boston)* J.T. Miller, F (NY Rangers) Brock Nelson, F (NY Islanders)† Jake Oettinger, G (Dallas) Jake Sanderson, D (Ottawa)R Jaccob Slavin, D (Carolina) Jeremy Swayman, G (Boston) Brady Tkachuk, F (Ottawa)† Matthew Tkachuk, F (Florida)* Vincent Trocheck, F (NY Rangers) Zach Werenski, D (Columbus)† |
There are now just two short months until the tournament begins, the proverbial amuse-bouche before the main course of the 2026 Milan Olympics, the full return of best-on-best hockey for all nations (not just four) across the hockey world!
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