Finland — Canada: forecast for the Four Nations Tournament match

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NHL 4 Nations Face-Off

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17 February 10:00 UTC

Finland and Canada scored the same number of points before the last game of the group stage of the Four Nations Tournament. On February 17, in Boston, these teams will compete for a possible ticket to the finals. Both teams lost in regular time to the Americans, but were stronger than the Swedish national team in overtime. John Cooper's men are considered clear favorites for the upcoming match. Can they win? This is stated in the forecast for the confrontation

Finland vs Canada Prediction and Betting Tips (17.02.2025)

Command Analysis

Finland

Current form

The Finnish national team was the main outsider of the tournament even before it started. Now Alexander Barkov's team is on the third line in the table and is second only to the Canadians in additional indicators. Suomi have a good chance of reaching the finals, but for this they need to beat the Canadians in the final match of the group stage.

The team from Scandinavia started with a crushing defeat against the USA (1-6), although the nominal hosts looked pretty good and scored first. They failed in the third leg of the meeting, and Juuse Saros did not justify the trust of the coaching staff. Kevin Lankinen came out for the match against the Swedes, but the attacking players performed well, who gave the Finns a chance to fight for the trophy (4:3, OT).

Disqualifications and injuries

The Finnish national team will compete in full strength.

Interesting betting trends

Finland concedes 4.5 goals per game in the tournament
The Finns won only 48.3% of the face-offs in the opening two matches.

Canada

Current form

The Canadian national team had hardly planned to fight so fiercely for reaching the finals of the tournament. Currently, John Cooper's players occupy the second place in the table, but they surpass competitors only in additional indicators and may still be left with nothing. In the opening two matches, the Maple Leafs conceded six goals, but there are a lot more questions for the offensive line players.

Sidney Crosby's squad started the match with the Swedes well and led by three goals, but unexpectedly squandered all the advantage and succeeded only after extra time (4:3, OT). The game against the Americans was extremely important for the Leafs, but they didn't come up with anything offensively and scored only one goal against Connor Hellebuyck (1-3).

Disqualifications and injuries

All the players of the Canadian national team will participate in the upcoming match.

Interesting betting trends

The Canadians have blocked 42 shots in two matches of the tournament.
The Canadian national team scores 24.5 shots per game.

Trends

Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks

In two out of three games between the teams, the first period was not productive.

2.02

Bet 2nd period: Canada will score

The Canadians scored in the second period in the last three matches against the Finns.

1.25

Tip and bets

1.7Canada with a head start (-1.5)

The Canadians had a great start to the tournament, but they only scored two goals in the last five periods. Sidney Crosby's team has huge potential and must rely on its powerful attack, which is filled with star names. The Finns have a fairly modest defense, which has conceded nine goals in two games. John Cooper's players simply have to get to the finals, and for that, the Maple Leafs only need to beat Suomi. We think that they will do it without any problems and will not feel sorry for the opponent. We offer a bet on the victory of the Canadians with a minus handicap.

Our forecast is for Canada to win with an Asian handicap (-1.5) in 1.70

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1.68Total more than 5.5 goals

Bet on the total

The goalkeeper line is the most vulnerable for the national teams. The goalkeepers of the teams are not at the top of the NHL goalkeepers list, and we see further proof of this at this tournament. We believe that neither side will sit on its own half of the court and will go ahead from the first seconds. We expect at least six goals between the two teams.

Forecast - total more than 5.5 goals in 1.68

Betting on an individual total

The Canadians' attacking line still failed to fully realize itself. Connor McDavid and his partners scored only four accurate shots in 120 minutes of regular time, but now there will be an opportunity to score more. Finland has a rather weak goaltending team, so we expect at least four or five goals from the North American team.

Forecast - Canada's individual total is more than four goals in 2.00

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