Mitch Marner, whose fingerprints were on two goals including Connor McDavid’s winner, won the border war against Auston Matthews, in a Boston barn where Toronto was eliminated three times in a first-round Game 7 series in which he and Matthews had little consolation of being their team’s leading scorer.

Despite being best friends when playing for the Maple Leafs, Team USA captain Auston Matthews admits something surprising about he and Canadian winger Mitch Marner at 4 Nations Face-Off.

Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews will square off again at the 4 Nations Face-Off final, with national pride and bragging rights on the line. Marner scored