Canada vs. Finland: How to Watch, Lines, Goalies, Betting Odds

It is must-win time for both Finland and Canada today at the 4 Nations Face-Off in Boston.

Both Canada and Finland can win their way into Thursday’s final against the United States.

A regulation win by either does the trick this afternoon; if either wins in overtime or a shootout, they’ll only get two points in the standings and will need help from the USA tonight against Sweden.

Finland is coming off an overtime win against rival Sweden on Saturday, getting it the two points in the standings.

Canada has two points after beating Sweden in OT on Thursday but lost in regulation Saturday to Team USA.

The Americans, already being in the final, don’t have much to play for tonight.

Neither will Sweden if either Canada or Finland wins in regulation. Since Sweden lost to both Canada and Finland, it could tie them in points but lose the tiebreaker to both.

Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk will not play for Team USA with a lower-body injury.

Regardless, a group of Panthers will be coming home after today.

Finland has a tournament-high four members of the Panthers (captain Sasha Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell, and Niko Mikkola) with Canada having two (Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett).

The Panthers return to play Saturday against Seattle.

4 NATIONS FACE-OFF NOTES

• How to Watch: Today’s game is available on TNT and truTV and can be streamed on Max. In Canada, tune into Sportsnet and TVAS.
• Starting Goalies: For the third straight night, Canada coach Jon Cooper is going with St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington. Vancouver’s Kevin Lankinen gets a second straight start for Finland.
• NHL Betting Odds: Canada is a heavy favorite on the money line (-450) at the local book. To with Canada, a $450 bet pays $100; If you think Finland will pull it off, $100 pays $350.

ON DECK

FINLAND vs. CANADA

• When: Today, 1 p.m.
• Where: Boston Garden
• National TV: TNT/truTV
• Streaming: Max
• Radio: NHL Network SiriusXM
• Betting Odds — Canada Favored: Money Line (-450); Puck line (-1.5, -150); Over/Under 6.5 (+105/-130)

4 NATIONS FACE-OFF SCHEDULE/RESULTS

At Montreal

• Wednesday: Canada 4, Sweden 3 (OT)
• Thursday: United States 6, Finland 1
• Saturday: Finland 4, Sweden 3 OT; United States 3, Canada 1

At Boston Garden

• Today: Canada vs. Finland, 1 p.m. (TNT/truTV, Max); Sweden vs. United States, 8 p.m. (TNT/truTV, Max)
• Thursday: Championship game, 8 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN+)

Standings

• 1. United States 6 points
• 2. Canada 2
• 2. Finland 2
• 2. Sweden 2

PROJECTED TEAM CANADA (1-0-0-1, 3 points) LINES

13 Sam Reinhart (FLA) // 97 Connor McDavid (EDM) // 16 Mitch Marner (TOR)

87 Sidney Crosby (PGH) // 29 Nathan MacKinnon (COL) // 61 Mark Stone (VGK)

38 Brandon Hagel (TBL) // 71 Anthony Cirelli (TBL) // 21 Brayden Point (TBL)

63 Brad Marchand (BOS) // 9 Sam Bennett (FLA) // 24 Seth Jarvis (CAR)

5 Devon Toews (COL) // 8 Cale Makar (COL)

44 Josh Morrissey (WPG) // 55 Colton Parayko (STL)

6 Travis Sanheim (PHL) // 89 Drew Doughty (LAK)

50 Jordan Binnington (STL)

33 Adin Hill (VGK)

Scratched: Travis Konecny (PHL), Samuel Montembeault (MON), Thomas Harley (DAL)

Injured: Shea Theodore-UBI (VGK)

PROJECTED TEAM FINLAND (0-1-0-1, 2 points) LINES

62 Artturi Lehkonen (COL) // 16 Sasha Barkov (FLA) // 96 Mikko Rantanen (CAR)

24 Roope Hintz (DAL) // 20 Sebastian Aho (CAR) //92 Patrik Laine (MON)

27 Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) // 15 Anton Lundell (FLA) // 64 Mikael Granlund (DAL)

84 Kaapo Kakko (SEA) //56 Erik Haula (NJD) // 40 Joel Armia (MON)

77 Niko Mikkola (FLA) // 23 Esa Lindell (DAL)

18 Urho Vaakanainen (NYR) // 33 Nikolas Matinpalo (OTT)

3 Olli Maatta (UTE) // 10 Henri Jokiharju (BUF)

32 Kevin Lankinen (VAN)

74 Juuse Saros (DAL)

Scratched: Juuso Valimaki (UTE), Teuvo Teravainen (CHI), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF)

Injured: None

Projected Lines Courtesy NHL.com