<p>Despite losing to <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/team-united-states/line-combinations">Team USA</a> during the round-robin portion of the 4 Nations Face-Off, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/team-canada/line-combinations">Team Canada</a> is gearing up for a rematch in the final on Thursday from Boston, in what is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated hockey games these two rivals have ever played. </p>



<p>After Connor McDavid opened the scoring just over five minutes into the opening frame, the Americans shut-down Canada’s high-powered offense last Saturday, and held them off the scoresheet, eventually using a Jake Guentzel empty-netter to seal a 3-1 victory. The statement was made, Team USA has arrived. </p>



<p>On Wednesday’s episode of <em>Daily Faceoff LIVE,</em> Tyler Yaremchuk and Frank Seravalli were joined by <a href="https://x.com/JClipperton_CP">Josh Clipperton of the Canadian Press</a>, and dove into Canada’s confidence level heading into the 4 Nations Face-Off final. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="131"></div>



<p><strong>Seravalli:</strong> Josh, what do you think the psyche is of Team Canada? Obviously, they’re confident, and they know they can play better, but at the same time, there’s probably a little egg on their face. Like, they got quite literally punched in the face on Saturday a couple of times, then lost and were only able to put up one goal. What do you think their confidence level is?</p>



<p><strong>Clipperton:</strong> I think it should be high. I mean, as we know, they didn’t have Cale Makar and now the Americans don’t have Charlie McAvoy. So, that’s a huge flip in that situation. They need to get more to the middle of the ice with Connor Hellebuyck. They didn’t make his life difficult enough. </p>



<p>They have more to give, they’ve been sifting through their line combinations and I think that the Hagel-Cirelli-Marner line gives them more balance on the back end of their lineup. In terms of how their psyche is, I would be confident if I were them. At the same time, you’re coming into a difficult building and are going to be the underdogs. Or, the crowds going to be against them at least. I guess they are a slight underdog, depending on where you look. It’s going to be a really interesting to see how they start the game. The emotion has to be there. But, I don’t think you’re going to see people punching each other in the face, three times in nine seconds. </p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="249"></div>



<p>For complete coverage leading up to Thursday’s final between the heated rivals, watch the full episode below. </p>



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