NHL Stadium Series

The Stadium Series is one of the series of regular season outdoor games played in the National Hockey League (NHL). This event is distinct from the NHL's other two series of outdoor games, the NHL Winter Classic and NHL Heritage Classic outdoor games, played on New Year's Day and in Canada, respectively. Games in the Stadium Series have been held in either late January, February, or early March in a football or baseball stadium in the United States. The first Stadium Series was held in 2014 and consisted of seven teams participating in four games held in three venues. In 2015, only one game in the Stadium Series was held, while in 2016, two games were held.^[1] Since 2017, only one game has been scheduled per year.

List of games[]

Dodger Stadium being prepped for the NHL's inaugural game of the Stadium Series in January 2014

• Bolded teams denote winners
• Italicized games are yet to be played

Broadcasters[]

United States[]

In the United States, the Stadium Series was broadcast on NBC Sports from 2014 to 2020. NBC aired the majority of the Stadium Series games on Saturday nights; the exceptions being the 2014 Ducks–Kings game in Dodger Stadium (aired on NBCSN), the 2014 Islanders–Rangers game in Yankee Stadium (held on Wednesday night on NBCSN), and the 2015 Kings–Sharks game in Levi's Stadium (aired on NBCSN).

Starting with the 2022 Stadium Series, the games will air on TNT, returning to cable television for the first time since 2015. Even though ABC has its own NHL Game of the Week package on Saturdays, they could not broadcast the Stadium Series on primetime due to conflicts with its NBA coverage.

Canada[]

In Canada, the first two 2014 Stadium Series games were aired on CBC, while TSN simulcast NBCSN's broadcast of the Islanders–Rangers game. The Penguins–Blackhawks game did not air in Canada due to CBC's prior commitment to broadcast a Canadiens–Maple Leafs game. Before the 2014–15 season, Sportsnet became the sole rightsholder of NHL national games in Canada, taking over Hockey Night in Canada in a sublicensing agreement with CBC. However, with the exception of the 2015 game in Santa Clara, Sportsnet has generally aired the Stadium Series using a simulcast of the American broadcasters. They would, however, provide their own broadcast crews if a Canadian team is involved, as was the case in 2018 with the Maple Leafs–Capitals game.

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