MONTREAL, QC – The long-awaited return for the NHL’s best-on-best competition is tonight with Canada opening the 4 Nations Face-Off against Sweden. It will be the 10 th time the two nations will go up against one another with Canada holding an 8-1-0 record in the previous nine meetings.

The highly anticipated NHL 4-Nations Face-Off begins with Canada vs. Sweden today. This game is available on multiple streaming services.

Sweden also has a talented roster. Led by the veteran Victor Hedman, they have several game-changers who are capable of contending for the championship. With William Nylander leading an offensive united featuring Filip Forsberg and Mika Zibanejad, Tre Kronor cannot be taken lightly over the next week.

MONTREAL -- Filip Gustavsson will start for Sweden against Canada to begin the 4 Nations Face-Off at Bell Centre on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS).

The first game in the nine-day international tournament that will run through Feb. 20 will take place on Wednesday night.

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will start Team Sweden's game against Canada in Wednesday night's opener of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal.

: It’s official, Jordan Binnington will be Canada’s starting goalie at The 4 Nations Face-Off. Head coach Jon Cooper announced to media after today’s practice that Binnington will get the start in Game 1 vs Sweden Read below for our earlier report from practice today.