Victor Hedman was named captain of Team Sweden for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Thursday.
The 34-year-old defenseman is in his first season as captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
This is the first time Hedman will captain Sweden in international play. He was an assistant captain for Sweden at the 2024 IIHF World Championships, where they won bronze.
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson and Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander will serve as alternate captains.
The 4 Nations Face-Off is an international tournament featuring teams made up of only NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States.
The teams will play each other once in a round-robin format starting on Feb. 12 at Bell Centre in Montreal. The final day of the round robin is Feb. 17 at TD Garden in Boston, with the two top teams advancing to the championship game on Feb. 20 in Boston.
Hedman is in his 16th season with the Lightning, helping them win the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2020 and won the Norris Trophy as the best defenseman in the League in 2017-18.
Among Sweden-born defensemen, he ranks third all-time in goals (163), and fourth all-time in games played (1,099), assists (605) and points (768).
Hedman won gold with Sweden at the 2017 World Championships, bronze in 2010 and 2024, and bronze at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.