Canada vs. Sweden
8 p.m. ET at Centre Bell, Montréal
Watch on: MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS as well as Viaplay/TV6 in Sweden
Format
This tournament is very simple. Each team plays the three other teams once, and points are awarded in a three-point system that will be familiar to all PWHL fans and matches the system used in IIHF games.
3 points for a win in regulation time; 2 points for a win in overtime/shootout; 1 point for a loss in overtime/shootout; and 0 points for a loss in regulation time
The two teams with the most points play off in a one-game final. A tie would be broken by the head-to-head result.
This is an NHL event using the NHL rulebook and NHL referees. The exception is overtime rules:
Overtime is 10 minutes of three-on-three in the round robin followed by a shootout if necessary. The championship game will have NHL playoff-style overtime if necessary and no shootout.
Sweden
The home team for this game, Sweden had their morning skate first. Sam Hallam is the head coach and Stefan Klockare, Nicklas Rahm and Daniel Alfredsson are the assistants. Hallam is the fulltime head coach of Team Sweden for the men's division.
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Lines
Lines are from the most recent full practice, but Andersson and Carlsson are confirmed as the scratches.
Filip Forsberg - Elias Pettersson - Adrian Kempe
Rickard Rakell - Mika Zibanejad - William Nylander
Jesper Bratt - Joel Eriksson Ek - Lucas Raymond
Viktor Arvidsson - Elias Lindholm - Gustav Nyquist
Victor Hedman - Jonas Brodin
Gustav Forsling - Rasmus Dahlin
Mattias Ekholm - Erik Karlsson
Extras: Rasmus Andersson, Leo Carlsson
Filip Gustavsson - confirmed starter
Linus Ullmark
Samuel Ersson
Hedman, Raymond, Forsberg, Bratt, Nylander appeared to be the first power play unit this morning.
Canada
Team Canada is coached by Jon Cooper with Peter DeBoer, Rick Tocchet and Misha Donskov as assistants. Donskov is from the Dallas Stars, and has a background as video coach. The other three, you likely recognize.
Lines
Sam Reinhart - Connor McDavid - Mitch Marner
Sidney Crosby - Nathan MacKinnon - Mark Stone
Brad Marchand - Brayden Point - Seth Jarvis
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Travis Konecny
Devon Toews - Cale Makar
Josh Morrissey - Colton Parayko
Shea Theodore - Drew Doughty
Extras: Sam Bennett, Travis Sanheim
Jordan Binnington - confirmed starter
Adin Hill
Sam Montembeault
Power play units:
PP1: McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby, Reinhart and Makar.
PP2: Marner, Point, Stone, Konecny and Theodore.
The Marner, Point and Konecny trio was a line under Jon Cooper at a World Championships if memory serves. The famous shootout win for Sweden, I think.
Sidney Crosby is good to go tonight.
The Game
Go, Whichever Team You Like, Go!
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