The United States and Canada will do battle one more time in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off. However, the Americans have been affected by the injury bug heading into Thursday's pivotal matchup for international supremacy.

Tkachuk was injured last week in the preliminary round matchup between these teams and did not play in the round-robin final against Sweden on Monday. The U.S. did not give an update on Tkachuk’s status beyond coach Mike Sullivan saying it was a lower-body injury.