4 Nations Face-Off Live Blog: USA vs. Sweden

7:40 p.m. ET

The big question of the day has been answsered. It appears Samuel Ersson will start in goal for Sweden. The Swedish coach would not reveal his plan this morning, much to the chagrin of Shawn Roarke, who went out to BU this morning to find out just that very nugget. There is a Raising Canes right next to the BU rink, but it was too early in the day and Shawn had to get back to TD Garden for Finland-Canada.

For the U.S., Jake Oettinger will start and I would bet we see Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman get some time as well to let him play in front of his hometown fans.

Also, Chris Kreider is in for Matthew Tkachuk and Jake Sanderson is in for Charlie McAvoy. We knew Tkachuk wouldn't play but we're not sure why McAvoy is out.

The U.S. got a huge cheer when it came on the ice. These fans are pumped to see these guys in action and the "USA, USA" chants have started.

Of course, after this one, all eyes will turn to Thursday when the U.S. plays Canada again. Our Nick Cotsonika wrote about the big game coming Thursday, you can read it here.