The 4 Nations Face-Off is taking place Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston. The Devils have three players taking part in the tournament: Jack Hughes (USA), Jesper Bratt (Sweden), and Erik Haula (Finland).
NEWARK—For a second, it looked like the New Jersey Devils were going to skate without Jack Hughes on Saturday morning. However, the superstar forward stepped on the ice a smidge late, and skated with the team as a full participant before their tilt with the Dallas Stars.
The inaugural 4 Nations event was to be something of a breakout for Devils stars like Hughes, Bratt, Team Finland forward Erik Haula and Sweden goalie Jacob Markstrom. But, Markstrom’s been out ...
With the Team Sweden-USA matchup set for Monday night at TD Garden in Boston to close out round-robin play of the 4 Nations Face-Off, he was finally going to get a chance to have to try to defend fellow star New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes.