US vs. Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off has must-see potential on and off the ice [Video]

MONTREAL, QC — Playing for the Boston Bruins, Charlie McAvoy is accustomed to being a visitor at Bell Centre as a chief rival of the host Canadiens.

“It’s nothing that won’t be familiar to me,” McAvoy said. “You’re not welcome here.”

Now ratchet that up a bunch as he and the United States play Canada on Saturday night at the 4 Nations Face-Off in the countries’ first showdown in an international tournament with the NHL’s best players in nearly a decade, with the world watching and a jacked-up crowd into it from warmups on.

“Saturday night in Canada, against Canada, I don’t think there’s much better than this for a hockey player of this level,” U.S. winger Jake Guentzel said Friday. “The crowd’s going to be …