So far at the 4 Nations Face-Off, Sweden (0-0-1, 1 point) and Finland (0-1-0, 0 points) have played one game apiece. They both went toe-to-toe with a North American powerhouse, and both came up short despite playing pretty well. One of these teams will have an opportunity for a victory and to build some momentum heading into Monday’s round robin finale. One of these teams will still have a realistic chance at making Thursday’s championship finale after this game… but they’ll still have their work cut out for themselves.

Today’s broadcast begins at 11 a.m. MT on Sportsnet.

Projected lines via Daily Faceoff

Filip Forsberg [9] – Elias Pettersson [40] – Adrian Kempe [10]
Rickard Rakell [67] – Mika Zibanejad [93] – William Nylander [88]
Jesper Bratt [63] – Joel Eriksson Ek [20] – Lucas Raymond [23]
Viktor Arvidsson [33] – Elias Lindholm [28] – Gustav Nyquist [12]

Victor Hedman [77] – Jonas Brodin [25]
Mattias Ekholm [14] – Erik Karlsson [65]
Gustav Forsling [42] – Rasmus Dahlin [26]

Filip Gustavsson [32] is projected to start in net, backed up by Linus Ullmark [35]. Sweden’s extras are Samuel Ersson, Leo Carlsson and Rasmus Andersson.

Man, Sweden played some really good hockey on Wednesday against Canada. Yeah, they were on their heels for much of the first half of the game. But they did a great job limiting the damage Canada was able to do offensively, and then playing some smart counter-punch hockey. If they can replicate that effort against Finland, they have a great chance at a favourable result.

Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Artturi Lehkonen [62] – Aleksander Barkov [16] – Mikko Rantanen [96]
Roope Hintz [24] – Sebastian Aho [20] – Mikael Granlund [64]
Eetu Luustarinen [27] – Anton Lundell [15] – Patrik Laine [92]
Teuvo Teravainen [86] – Erik Haula [56] – Kaapo Kakko [84]

Niko Mikkola [77] – Esa Lindell [23]
Urho Vaakanainen [18] – Nikolas Matinpalo [33]
Olli Maatta [3] – Henri Jokiharju [10]

Kevin Lankinen [32] is expected to start, backed up by Juuse Saros [74]. Their projected extras are Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen, Juuso Valimaki and Joel Armia.

Give Finland credit: they hung in there against the United States on Thursday. Were they out-played? Yes. Based on the rosters of the two teams… that was probably to be expected. The floodgates opened in the third period and the Americans deluged the Finnish net. Given the quick turnaround, we’re fascinated to see if the Finns can shake it off and get back to their system against Sweden.

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