Victor Hedman draws the 'C' for Sweden with Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander, Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Erik Karlsson and Edmonton Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm serving as alternates.

Give William Nylander an A. His home country of Sweden did that on Thursday morning, naming the Maple Leafs star winger as an assistant captain for the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal and Boston Feb. 12-20.

Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube has revealed what his relationship with star winger William Nylander is like after Nylander's recent inconsistencies.

Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.

Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and the Florida Panthers ... tied Reinhart with Toronto's William Nylander for second in the league. Takeaways Panthers: Bobrovsky is 5-0 record ...

Verhaeghe stole the puck from Anaheim defenseman Jacob Trouba behind the Ducks' goal before putting it into the upper right corner of the net to extend the Panthers' lead to 3-1 with 1:11 remaining in the first period. Florida has scored three times in the first period four times this season which trails only Tampa Bay and Ottawa (both five).

The goal tied Reinhart with Toronto's William Nylander for second in the league ... second line with Leo Carlsson and Alex Killorn. Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) shoots during ...

Sidney Crosby will captain Team Canada against Auston Matthews' Team USA in hockey's first best-on-best tournament since 2016. Crosby and Matthews were

Auston Matthews will head the United States’ leadership group at the 4 Nations Face-Off. USA Hockey announced on Thursday afternoon that the Maple Leafs captain will be its captain for the event in Montreal and Boston, running from Feb. 12-20. Matthew Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers and Charlie McAvoy each will wear an ‘A’ for the United States.

Aleksander Barkov and Victor Hedman were named captains for Team Finland and Team Sweden, respectively, on Thursday ahead of the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Leafs star center Auston Matthews has been given major news ahead of the Four Nations faceoff after his return from injury a few weeks earlier. After coming back a first time from injury, Matthews re-aggrevated the injury,

The 4 Nations Face-Off captains and leadership groups for Canada, Finland, Sweden and the U.S. must guide their teams to a win with little margin for error.