This is the second time the NHL has returned to the venue for the Winter Classic. Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, hosted games on January 1, 2010 and January 2, 2023.
The 2025 Winter Classic will be an NHL-record seventh outdoor game for the Blackhawks, and the first since the 2019 Winter Classic, which was played on January 1, 2019 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. The Blackhawks lost to the Boston Bruins 4-2.
This will be Bedard's first outdoor NHL game. He was selected No. 1 by the Blackhawks in the 2023 NHL Draft.
Chicago is 1-5-0 in outdoor games. Also, the 2014 Stadium Series at Soldier Field in Chicago, the 2015 Winter Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, and the TCF Bank Stadium (now known as Huntington Bank Stadium) in Minneapolis. He also played in the 2016 Stadium Series.
The Pittsburgh Penguins also played six outdoor games.
The Blues are 2-0-0 in outdoor games, defeating the Blackhawks in the 2017 Winter Classic and the Minnesota Wild 6-4 in the 2022 Winter Classic at Target Field in Minneapolis. There is.
The Blackhawks and Blues have played 330 regular season games, with Chicago leading by 24 points (Blackhawks: 155-129-46, 356 points; Blues: 140-138-52, 332 points). Chicago and St. Louis have met 12 times in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with the Blackhawks winning eight of those games, but lost in their most recent meeting in seven games in the Western Conference First Round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Since 2003, there have been 39 outdoor NHL games, with two more to be played this season. The 2024 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series will feature the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, Featuring the New York Rangers.
The Devils and Flyers will play on February 17th (8 p.m. ET, ABC, ESPN+, TVAS-D, SN1). The Rangers and Islanders will face off on February 18 (3 p.m. ET, ABC, ESPN+, SN, TVAS).
