USA vs Finland Preview & Prediction | 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship | Group Stage

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USA may have already qualified for the next round but they’ll want to go through the group stage without suffering defeat, so motivation remains high for them against Finland.

Start date/time: Sunday 29th December, 2024, UK – not before 7:30pm / US ET – not before 2:30pm / US PT – not before 11:30am

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – NHL Network / Canada – TSN

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – NHL Network via subscriptions for fuboTV, DirectTV, SlingTV or ESPN+ / Canada – TSN streaming platforms

USA vs Finland Prediction

Finland were outclassed by Canada, but bounced back strongly to get the better of Germany in a must-win game. Like the Canada match, they have little to lose here with the USA being overwhelming favourites and for good reason. United States have smashed through the competition so far, putting up a whopping 15 points after just two games as a 10-4 thrashing of Germany was followed up by a comfortable 1-5 win over Latvia.

When weighing up the extremely exciting offensive of USA and how impressive they’ve looked from an attacking point of view, you would expect them to overwhelm this Finnish defence and ultimately get the better of them comprehensively.

USA vs Finland Tip: USA to win