{"id":329576,"date":"2025-02-19T15:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=329576"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:23:04","slug":"canada-vs-usa-4-nations-face-off-prop-picks-february-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/canada-vs-usa-4-nations-face-off-prop-picks-february-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada vs. USA 4 Nations Face-Off prop picks: Bet on Connor McDavid and Jack Hughes in Thursday&#8217;s final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada has a chance at redemption on Thursday when it battles USA for 4 Nations Face-Off supremacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Americans won the first meeting between these countries, 3-1, in an epic showdown at Bell Centre on Saturday night. I&#8217;m looking toward one player from each team \u2014 Connor McDavid and Jack Hughes \u2014 to be active shooters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the latest Canada vs. USA 4 Nations Face-Off prop picks for Feb. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada vs. USA prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/ice_hockey\/4_nations_face-off\"><strong>Full 4 Nations betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nhl-injury-report\"><strong>NHL injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\"><strong>NHL player stats&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nhl\"><strong>NHL standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: <strong>McDavid over 2.5 shots on goal<\/strong> (-125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:109832\">Embed: #109832<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McDavid is on the short list for Canada&#8217;s best player this tournament, alongside Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby \u2014 just as you&#8217;d suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I think McDavid is set to remind everyone who the best player in the world is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edmonton&#8217;s captain has a point in every game, scoring against both USA and Finland. He&#8217;s cleared this mark in back-to-back outings (three shots vs. USA) and led all Canadian forwards in ice time against the Americans on Saturday (22:44).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s going to draw the toughest matchups, but Jon Cooper will be incentivized to double and triple-shift the superstar in this do-or-die game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s nothing new to McDavid, who played 25-plus minutes four times in last year&#8217;s Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also have a hunch the refs are going to tighten up their whistles after Saturday&#8217;s affair, which saw three fights break out in the first nine seconds of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada had two man-advantages against the Americans in that contest but came up empty. I don&#8217;t know if its power play will break through, but extra looks on the man advantage can only help a player like McDavid rack up shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> McDavid had a team-high six shot attempts against the USA on Saturday, according to Money Puck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hughes over 2.5 shots (-136):<\/strong> Open ice and shooting lanes were hard to find on Saturday night as Hughes finished with just two shots against Canada in a victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he logged three against Finland before that and had a team-high five against Sweden on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect the New Jersey Devils&#8217; superstar to be a threat early and often in the championship game. The centre is playing off-position on the right wing alongside Auston Matthews and Jake Guentzel, which puts him in a shoot-first mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s one of the NHL&#8217;s most dangerous threats, ranking fourth in shots (206) behind only MacKinnon, David Pastrnak and Brady Tkachuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes is averaging 3.6 shots per game with the Devils. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>4 Nations Face-Off picks made at 2:55 p.m. ET on 02\/19\/202<\/em>5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has a chance at redemption on Thursday when it battles USA for 4 Nations Face-Off supremacy. The pregame narrative: The Americans won the first meeting between these countries, 3-1, in an epic showdown at Bell Centre on Saturday night. 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