Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist. Sidney Crosby flipped in an empty-netter from center ice after Finland cut a four-goal deficit to one in the final minutes. Canada’s best players came through in the 4 Nations Face-Off on Monday to earn a rematch of their fight-filled preliminary bout with the United States.

The two best teams in the 4 Nations Face-Off will play for all the marbles in the championship game. It's Canada and the United States at TD Garden on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+ Disney+, SN, TVA) in a winner-take-all showdown, five days after their epic round-robin game in Montreal, a 3-1 victory by the Americans. Who will win the rematch?

That will come on Thursday night, after Canada — despite a late scare — beat Finland 5-3 at TD Garden to punch its ticket to the 4 Nations Face-Off final against the rival Team USA. Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon each had two points,