Matthews dealt with a nagging upper-body injury earlier this season, but after looking himself since early January is a full go for USA at the tournament.
Matthews, 27, led the NHL with 69 goals last season and won the Hart Trophy in 2021-22, when he scored 106 points in 73 games.
Among the NHL teammates who will be on opposite benches during the 4-Nations Face-Off include Toronto Maple Leafs stars Auston Matthews and William Nylander. Matthews, who grew up in Scottsdale, Ariz., will be representing the USA while Nylander will be representing his native Sweden.
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Auston Matthews was named captain of Team USA for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Wednesday. The 27-year-old center is in his first season as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 4 Nations Face-Off will be the first time Matthews will represent the United States since joining the NHL for the 2016-17 season.
As speculation rises over which players may decide to sit out the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews will be suiting up for Team
TSN hockey insider Pierre LeBrun shared details about Auston Matthews' participation in the 4 Nations Face-Off for Team USA.
He was as much the face for international hockey as he was for the Pittsburgh Penguins until the NHL pulled the plug on Olympic participation. That essentially robbed today’s biggest stars — Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Mitch Marner — of a chance at international glory at the national level.
Fifteen years after he scored the “Golden Goal” to deliver Canada an Olympic championship on home ice in Vancouver and 11 since he captained his country to another victory in Sochi, Sidney Crosby is
“I don’t need to step in and be a rah-rah guy,” Matthews said Friday in a conference call after he was named captain the previous day, to be assisted by Matthew Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers and Charlie McAvoy of the Boston Bruins. “A lot of these guys I’ve played with in junior and other tournaments. There’s good familiarity.