The United States projected lines, defense pairs, goalies for 4 nations face-off of nhl.com

The 4 Nations Face-off starts next Wednesday, and although most of the guards are set, replacements will be made at the last minute and will be until Monday.

So it’s time to get down to brass tackles and find out line combinations, defense pairs and targeted fatigue diagrams for Team Canada, Team United States, Team Finland and Team Sweden.

Practice starts Monday, and the first game for each country is Wednesday or Thursday, so much of the schedule must be figured out in advance.

With that in mind, a team of three NHL.com writers and editors will take a stab in the lineup for each country.

Here, NHL.com presents senior writers Dan Rosen and Amalie Benjamin and senior draft author Mike G. Morreal how they think Team USA should look like when it opens the tournament against Finland on February 13 (at 20 et; ESPN, ESPN+. , Tvas) at Bell Center in Montreal.

The 4 Nations Face-off are held from 12-20. February at Bell Center in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston. Tickets for each site are for sale now.