The revenge is on.
After a heavyweight combat between the US team. And the Canada team, on Saturday it resulted in 3 nine-second fights, such as a 3-1 victory for Americans in Montreal, the two Juggernaut systems will meet Thursday, with rights of bluffing foreigners in the line.
Team Canada officially punched its price ticket to the Four Nations championship game on Monday afternoon after beating Finland, 5-3, in their best rounding game ever at TD Garden.
Team USA, which beat Finland and Canada’s tournament game, has already earned its place in the name of Saturday’s victory.
The Americans Sweden in their final round-robin match on Monday night, falling 2-1 in a game that allowed them to swing little in the standings.
The United States and Canada will now come in combination in one of the most anticipated maximum hockey games in reminiscence recently at TD Garden. Puck Drop is scheduled for 8 p. m.
“It’s a Game 7, right? That’s for everything,” said Jack Eichel, a local from the U. S. UU. De North Chelmsford. ” We are going to see desperate hockey. You’re going to see everything you saw in the first game and more, I guess. . . We know that we will have to do our best.
This game will put Bruins’ Captain Brad Marchand in one place, as he and the rest of Team Canada will play in a hostile environment on Causeway Street.
“No, I didn’t think about it,” Marchand said after the option to be booed Thursday. At the end of the day, I booed everywhere.
After struggling to generate touchdowns for the Americans over the weekend, Team Canada erased many doubts about their offensive firepower on Monday, scoring twice on their first 4 shots of the game opposite Finland.
Connor McDavid and Nathan Mackinnon scored in the first five minutes of regulation, building Brayden Point Building Canada to 3-0 at the end of the first intermission.
Mackinnon added his afternoon moment at 5:03 a. m. of the era of the moment to give Canada a 4-0 merit, a score that stood until the last seven minutes of regulation.
Finland didn’t ride the segment, with Esa Lindell and Mikael Granlund (twice) lighting the lamp in a 5:24 segment to make it a 4-3 contest with only 1:17 remaining in regulation.
But Finland’s unlikely push failed, as Team Canada Captain Sidney Crosby added an empty purpose with 56 seconds remaining to close out the win.
Marchand finished with 0 shots on purpose in 14:13 ice time in the win over Finland.
Even if the US team. Uu. He left his game in Sweden later on Monday, main coach Mike Sullivan pleased his team’s efforts, especially given the amount of injuries in the United States
“I have an idea that our boys competed hard,” said Sullivan. “We did not get the result tonight. I don’t think it is due to the lack of effort or lack of opportunities. I think we reach 4 or five messages. We lost an escape. There were many opportunities.
“Also give in Sweden.
Not only did the team play regulars in Matthew Tkachuk, Connor Hellebuyck, Auston Matthews and Charlie McAvoy on Monday, but they also lost ahead of Brady Tkachuk to a lower-body injury in the first period.
Even with those injury misfortunes, TD Garden roared into the U. S. team’s first game in the United States in the tournament, especially Todd Angilly’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Puck Drop.
That momentum came here early in the game, with Boxford’s Chris Kreider opening up the score just 35 seconds into the game after bouncing past Samuel Ersson (32 saves), sending Boston’s barn into a frenzy.
Kreider’s count is not enough to raise the United States team to a victory, while Sweden responded when he took a couple of his after Jake Oettinger (21 stops) later in the first era to crown the annotation of the night.
Gustav Nyquist and Jesper Bratt scored for the Sweden team, while Bruins ahead Elias Lindholm finished Monday for Sweden with a shot over the purpose at 17:34 of the time of ice.
Next Thursday will mark the first “best” name adjustment with the U. S. and Canada since they met at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Fit Games, with Crosby scoring the remarkable “Golden GoBt” in Vancouver to win for Canada.
“We’d love to play them again,” Mackinnon said of the opposing war against Team USA. U. S. We feel like we can beat those guys. We plan to play a little bit more on Thursday. “
Saturday’s surprise between Team USA and Canada to the media, with an intense rivalry still brewing when Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk and J. T. Miller threw the gloves with Brandon Hagel, Sam Bennett and Colton Parayko, respectively, in the first nine seconds of the game.
Beyond the drama and feelings, the early remnants, a war introduced between hockey greats like McDavid, Crosby, Matthews and others have made quotes from enthusiasts and casual spectators.
On Saturday it adjusts to television in the last of the Copa Máxima Visual y Máxima Founded since 2019 and culminated with 5. 2 million viewers.
“I think it’s a wonderful hockey birthday party,” Sullivan said. “It really is.
“Sometimes we get out of what’s going on with some of those guys.
Expect plenty more cheers, stings, debris and bone-pounding on Thursday when the two hockey powers collide at TD Garden.
“It will be exciting,” Marchand said about the environment in TD Garden on Thursday. “Fans here like the game, and they will be very excited, very energized and will bring emotion.
“It’s huge. ” Yes, I can’t wait to be there. I think everyone in the room awaits him impatiently. That is what we wanted, right? “
Conor Ryan is a Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox writer for Boston. com, a role he has held since 2023.