The Montreal Canadiens have long had an issue when it comes to secondary scoring. Last summer, they were hoping to address ...

Following the contest, forward Patrik Laine delivered quite the statement to their Norwegian rivals: "We're the big brother now," he told ESPN's Emily Kaplan. Them's fightin' words.

Laine had two assists in Finland's 4-3 overtime win Saturday over Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal. Laine earned the game's second star for his effort. One assist came at even strength ...

Lundell — Arpon Basu (@ArponBasu) February 11, 2025 Barkov, who is also on Finland’s first power play, spent some time with Laine at the end of practice to work on little things.

Sebastian Aho, the Carolina Hurricanes prospect, will also be in Toronto now. Aho was the glue of Finland's top line at the world juniors, playing center for Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi.

The dream of playing a National Hockey League game in their native Finland began to take root all the way back in 2009, long before Patrik Laine and Aleksander Barkov were NHL stars.

Laine will also have the opportunity to play on the first power play unit of Finland. There is a nice firepower on the power play: Finland PP1 has no defenseman up top with Heiskanen out Barkov ...

The dream of playing a National Hockey League game in their native Finland began to take root all the way back in 2009, long before Patrik Laine and Aleksander Barkov were NHL stars.

After just one season, the scoring talents of Patrik Laine have captured the admiration of an entire nation, to the point where he's entering the stratosphere of Finland's most famous player yet.

Finland faces a potentially huge loss as well. Laine entered the game ranking second in both goals (6) and points (10) for the tournament, bolstering his credentials ahead of the upcoming NHL draft.