How the New York Rangers helped set the tone for Team USA's first 4 Nations' win

In Team USA's first game in the 2025 4 Nation's Face-Off, the Americans dominated with six goals in a 6-1 win against Finland on Thursday night. And despite neither Vincent Trocheck nor J.T. Miller hitting the score sheet the New York Rangers still helped set the victorious tone for the U.S.

To be fair, anything less than a regulation win against shorthanded Finland would been embarrassing for Team USA. Miller, Trocheck and defenseman Adam Fox were the three Rangers out of the five on the U.S. roster who saw play. Not to forget the Finnish, Urho Vaakanainen also saw action on the ice for Finland. Let's breakdown what they did on their shifts and ice time throughout the matchup.

Miller's Play vs Finland

Though he didn’t have a shot on goal in the game, Miller did finish with three hits and was solid on the perfect United States PK. His first shift featured him in the middle of a mini-melee in front of the Finnish net.

Trocheck's Play vs Finland

Trocheck actually teamed up with Miller up front in order to kill the majority of a 4-on-3 disadvantage in the third period. Thus, Trocheck played a major role on the PK.

Fox's Play vs Finland

While Fox wasn't a standout, he did nothing to hurt Team USA. The New York native was more so feeling his way along during his 18-plus minutes.

Vaakanainen's Play vs USA

Of all the Rangers on ice, Vaakanainen unfortunately played the worst. He logged the least ice time — just north of 13 minutes — of any Finnish defenseman. He was minus-2 and was on-ice when Matt Boldy’s perfect deflection made it 2-1, U.S. late in the second period. Not to mention, he was also seeing action when Brady Tkachuk scored his second of the game just three minutes into the third period.

Overall, while the U.S. did score four goals in the final period they were also plus-15 in scoring chances and had an expected goals percentage of 72.5% at 5-on-5.

All six Rangers participating in the best-on-best international tournament will take to the ice again on Saturday. First, Sweden — featuring Mika Zibanejad — and Finland meet for a 1:00 p.m. EST puck drop at Bell Centre. Then, the-ever-anticipated United States and Canada hook up in the evening where the boos are sure to be plentiful for the Americans.