Nelonen Acquires Exclusive Media Rights to 4 Nations Face-Off in Finland

Nelonen has acquired the exclusive media rights in Finland to the 4 Nations Face-Off, an international tournament featuring NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States over a nine-day period from Feb. 12 to Feb. 20, 2025. The 4 Nations Face-Off international tournament is being staged by the NHL and NHLPA and will feature a collection of the greatest players in the NHL, hailing from the four competing nations. All seven tournament games will be available on Nelonen and Ruutu.

“It’s absolutely fantastic to have the Lions and a tournament of this caliber on Nelonen. For the first time in a long time, the world’s best players will be seen on the same ice wearing national team jerseys. This is definitely one of the highlights of the sports year!” says Tuomas Saarela, Sports Director at Nelonen Media.

The tournament will consist of a total of seven games. Four games will be played at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and three games, including the championship match, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Sebastian Aho, Aleksander Barkov, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Mikko Rantanen and Juuse Saros are among the NHL players that will represent Finland in the tournament. The remaining rosters for all four teams will be announced in the coming weeks.

All games in the 4 Nations Face-Off will be played in accordance with NHL rules. Each team will play three tournament games in a traditional Round Robin format, under the following points system: 3 points for a win in regulation time; 2 points for a win in overtime/shootout; 1 point for a loss in overtime/shootout; and 0 points for a loss in regulation time. The two teams with the best tournament record will then advance to a one-game Final.

Tickets to 4 Nations Face-Off will be available for purchase on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. ET for the four games in Montreal, and on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. ET for the three games being played in Boston, via Ticketmaster.com, the official ticketing partner of the NHL, on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. Ticketmaster is the only official marketplace of the NHL, providing fans with the peace of mind in knowing the seats they buy on Ticketmaster.com and the Ticketmaster app are the seats they’ll get. For more information on 4 Nations Face-Off, visit nhl.com/4Nations.

Player comments about 4 Nations Face-Off are included below:

Juuse Saros (Finland / Nashville Predators): “It means a lot, honestly. As a kid, you always watched all the tournaments, all the Olympics, everything, so it’s a huge honor.”

Sebastian Aho (Finland / Carolina Hurricanes): “Everyone’s pumped, and this is a pretty good generation for Finnish players. We have a lot of good players, so everyone’s kind of excited. Everyone else is going to have pretty stacked teams as well, and we’re still probably going to be, like, an underdog team, but it’s a big thing back home.”

Auston Matthews (United States / Toronto Maple Leafs): “I think it’s going to be extremely competitive. I think best-on-best is something that guys have really been kind of wanting for a while, and I think it’s just great for the game. It’s going to be extremely competitive. I think there’s a lot of pride in playing for your country.”

Quinn Hughes (United States / Vancouver Canucks): “I mean, the crowds are going to be great. It’s going to be just amazing for the sport to see that level of competition that we haven’t seen in eight years since the World Cup. Personally, I think the League’s never been in a better spot with the skill and talent that is out there right now.”

Sidney Crosby (Canada / Pittsburgh Penguins): “You’re really not going to get any better product than this. So, I think that’s something everyone gets excited for across the board, and I think it’s a great opportunity to showcase hockey at its best.”

Jack Eichel (United States / Vegas Golden Knights): “It’s super exciting. I think it’ll be great for the fans. Really cool. Get to be in Montreal and Boston. Being from Boston, a whole lot of people that’ll be able to go to the games. So just really excited about it. It’s almost like there’s a new generation of players on each side but you still have some of the guys that have been doing it for a long time, so I think everyone’s excited. We’ve never played together before. There’s a lot of familiarity from either going through the national program together or international, world juniors, so I think everyone’s excited about it.”