2026 NHL Winter Classic
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| Date | January 2, 2026 | |||||||||||||||
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| Venue | LoanDepot Park | |||||||||||||||
| City | Miami | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 36,153 | |||||||||||||||
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The 2026 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series. The game was played on January 2, 2026, with the New York Rangers defeating the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers at LoanDepot Park in Miami. The Rangers won the game 5–1, with Mika Zibanejad scoring the first hat trick in Winter Classic history, and the first in an outdoor game since the 2020 Stadium Series.