Connor McDavid said Canada's game against Finland on Monday afternoon would be like a game seven, and he was right. McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon dominated early, while Sidney Crosby saved Canada from a disastrous blown lead with his own heroics.

Connor McDavid knows what is at stake for Canada as the 4 Nations Face-Off scene shifts from north of the border. "It's kind of like a Game 7," the Edmonton Oilers star captain said late Saturday night.

For the first time since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, Connor McDavid is playing in a true best-on-best international tournament. He’s waited nearly a decade for this moment.