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Canada takes on USA in the highly anticipated rematch of the 4 Nations Face Off Thursday night.
This is a sequel to a round-robin game in Montreal last week that started with three fights and ended with the Americans celebrating a 3-1 victory. Lines and props will be available at BetUS leading up to this big game.
4 Nations Face Off Odds: Canada vs. USA
Canada
+1½ -265
-110
O 5½ +105
USA
-1½ +215
-109
U 5½ -125
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist. Sidney Crosby flipped in an empty-netter from center ice after Finland cut a four-goal deficit to one in the final minutes.
“That’s what you need: big plays from big-time players,” Crosby said after the 5-3 victory over Finland. “These guys are used to playing in these big games under the spotlight and delivering. They did again tonight.”
“There’s no bigger rivalry in hockey than Canada-U.S., and I think it’s the matchup that everybody wanted,” Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand said. “So it’s going to be an extremely intense game, one we’re all going to be looking forward to.”
Unlike the much despised new NBA All Star format, the NHL experiment has thus far proven to be a huge success, both in viewership and with wagering.
“People were marveling at the game,” Canada head coach Jon Cooper said of Saturday’s USA-Canada clash. “I have no idea what the TV ratings were, but from the group of people that were either texting me or talking about this game, the audience had to be vast. I think it had a combination of everything. The naysayers, you can say whatever you want about fighting, that was what ignited the game. Then when both teams flexed and nobody backed down, then a hockey game broke out and it was a fantastic hockey game. I said [Saturday] night, when you have the best hockey players in the world not only trying to score, but checking, this is what you get.
The NHL announced that Opening Night of the tournament delivered the most-watched hockey telecast on TNT sports this season.
Sports Media Watch reported Thursday’s game between the United States and Finland drew the largest audience so far this season, averaging 1.55 million viewers on ESPN.
It was also the most-watched non-playoff NHL-affiliated game on any network since the 2023 Winter Classic.
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