MONTREAL — NHL stars faced questions about what fans could expect entering the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Would players take the event seriously? Would it have the feel of an all-star game?
Canada scored 56 seconds into the night with a perfectly executed power-play sequence from McDavid, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon.And that’s where the pace skyrocketed. Even Drew Doughty — a grizzled veteran with two Stanley Cup rings and two Olympic gold medals — wasn’t ready for the compete level.
Canada even lost defenceman Shea Theodore for the tournament after he was crushed into the boards by Adrian Kempe early in the second period. “We played a hell of a game in here and so did they on that side. It was a very, very fun game to play,” defenceman Erik Karlsson said. “I thought that was the fastest hockey I ever witnessed up close,” Cooper said. “Well, this just trumped it. It was a lightning pace out there."Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark took the news that Filip Gustavsson would start against Canada well, said Swedish head coach Sam Hallam.
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