Nations Face Off Championship tournament will conclude with a championship showdown between Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk’s USA squad and Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby’s Canada club at Boston’s TD Garden.

Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander climbed all-time franchise lists and Sidney Crosby moved into 10th place on the NHL’s all-time assists list, but it was the Maple Leafs forwards who prevailed in a back-and-forth affair at PPG Paints Arena.

Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and William Nylander climbed all-time franchise lists and Sidney Crosby moved into 10th place on the NHL’s all-time assists list, but it was the Maple Leafs forwards who prevailed in a back-and-forth affair at PPG Paints Arena.

William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-5, on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist as Toronto earned its fifth consecutive win.

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews shared his thoughts about playing against 37-year-old Sidney Crosby on Sunday.

Last night in the NHL, there was a little action. 12 teams were playing. Here are the results and highlights: 1. Sidney Crosby in the top-10 of all-time assist leaders In the afternoon, the Leafs were visiting Pittsburgh and it was probably the best game of this Sunday of hockey.

The No. 1 picks from the 2015 and 2016 NHL drafts, respectively, McDavid and Matthews were teased with a version of it as teammates on the made-up Team North America youth squad at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. But until the 4 Nations Face-Off, they had never played for the respective countries at true best-on-best.

Canadians cherish the 4 Nations Face-Off highlights, especially with McDavid and Crosby's remarkable performances. Their game-worn jerseys are leading

American and Canadian players expect even more emotion and physicality than their first meeting when they clash for a second time in Thursday's 4 Nations Face-Off finale in Boston.