The top NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States will go head-to-head at the 4 Nations Face-Off, a best-on-best tournament that will be held from Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston.
Though this is the first tournament of its kind to feature these four countries, NHL.com and NHL.com International have put together what the rosters and line combinations for each country would have looked like in the past, going backwards in five-year intervals. The rosters will follow the same format as the current 4 Nations teams: 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies.
The stories will run each Friday and Sunday through Feb. 9.
Today, NHL.com/sv senior writer Janne Bengtsson, reveals what his Sweden roster would've looked like in 2005.
Forwards (13)
Mats Sundin -- Peter Forsberg -- Daniel Alfredsson
Markus Naslund -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Michael Nylander
P. J. Axelsson -- Samuel Pahlsson -- Fredrik Modin
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Tomas Holmstrom
Three future Hall of Famers form the top line: Sundin of the Toronto Maple Leafs on the left with Alfredsson of the Senators on the right and Forsberg at center. (Forsberg signed with the Philadelphia Flyers in August 2005 after spending nine seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche.) With Alfredsson leading the way with 103 points (43 goals, 60 assists), the three accounted for 256 points (93 goals, 163 assists) in the 2005-06 season. Head coach and Washington Capitals icon Bengt-Ake Gustafsson also built a powerful second line: Zetterberg (Detroit Red Wings) surrounded by Naslund (Vancouver Canucks) and Nylander (New York Rangers), together representing 243 points (94 goals, 149 assists) that season. Axelsson (Boston Bruins) is one of the NHL's best defensive forwards and would be paired with defensive center and penalty-killing specialist Pahlsson (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) and two-way forward Modin (Tampa Bay Lightning), to form a line to handle their opponent's best players. The Sedin brothers of the Canucks are joined by Detroit's Holmstrom, a net-front presence and nightmare for opposing goalies on the fourth line. Versatile Red Wings forward Samuelsson would be the extra forward.