The No. 1 picks from the 2015 and 2016 NHL drafts, respectively, McDavid and Matthews were teased with a version of it as teammates on the made-up Team North America youth squad at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. But until the 4 Nations Face-Off, they had never played for the respective countries at true best-on-best.

Hockey fans witnessed an all-time classic on Thursday night in the 4 Nations Final. Team Canada and Team USA went back and forth all night long. However, it was Team Canada that emerged victorious from the 4 Nations Final in Boston. Nathan MacKinnon won MVP honors for the tournament after Connor McDavid scored the proverbial Golden Goal.

The future of the NHL has never looked brighter due to the increase in talent across the league. While generational talents Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, and Alexander Ovechkin can be attributed to the league’s success at the turn of the century,

In a flash, McDavid turned and fired it past the glove of Connor Hellebuyck at 8:18 of overtime, and that was it. Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game at TD Garden on Thursday. An epic tournament had a memorable ending. A great player had a signature moment.

Subban did not hesitate: "I do believe so." He exaplined: "Last year, during the Stanley Cup final, Connor McDavid put on a memorable performance. Being down, 3-0, in the Stanley Cup final ...

After ten years in the NHL, Connor McDavid finally represented Team Canada in a best-on-best tournament at the 4 Nations Face-off, showing the hockey world—both longtime fans and newcomers alike— just why he’s regarded as the best player in the world.

For all the pomp and ceremony surrounding ‘the best player in the world’, who was lauded as a generational talent and projected to be a Hall-of-Famer even before he was drafted first overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2015, McDavid hasn’t had a lot of opportunity to showcase his tremendous talents against the best of the best.