US EditionLightning and Bruins Fans Face the Chill at Tampa’s Historic NHL Game
The NHL completes its outdoor game circuit with the southernmost Stadium Series event, featuring two top Eastern Conference teams amid favorable winter weather conditions.
- On Sunday, Feb. 1, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins meet at Raymond James Stadium with a 6:30 p.m. ET opening faceoff in the NHL Stadium Series 2026.
- Completing the outdoor circuit, the NHL staged the Stadium Series in Tampa after the Winter Classic in Miami last month, marking the furthest south the event has gone since 2014 in Florida.
- The SportsLine Projection Model, after 10,000 simulations, projects Andrei Vasilevskiy will make 22 saves and allow 2.75 goals, with about 6.4 combined goals in the game.
- A winter weather system brought a freeze warning but officials said it allayed fears; the event drew nearly 70,000 fans and featured an intermission by Tim McGraw.
- The SportsLine model, after 10,000 simulations, leans Over on 5.5 goals and says one side of the puck line hits well over 60%.
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Tampa Bay filled a four-goal delay to defeat the Boston Bruins 6-5 ahead of 64,617 spectators on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.
Stadium Series Skirmish: Tampa Bay's Vasilevskiy Throws Them Down Against Boston’s Swayman
TAMPA, Fla. – How to rally a team and a crowd of more than 60,000 as the temperature dropped back into the thirties? Why, of course, have Andrei Vasilevskiy administer a pummeling. The Lightning goalie and his counterpart, Boston’s Jeremy Swayman, warmed up the atmosphere at Raymond James Stadium by several notches as the two […] Stadium Series Skirmish: Tampa Bay’s Vasilevskiy Throws Them Down Against Boston’s Swayman
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Tim McGraw takes center stage at NHL’s Stadium Series
TAMPA — There isn’t much left that Stadium Series headliner Tim McGraw hasn’t done. One of the best-selling artists of any genre, the 58-year-old country music icon has sold more than 106 million records worldwide and has a stunning 49 number one singles to go along with three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 wins at the CMA’s, ten at the AMA’s and three People’s Choice Awards, not to mention his four New York Times best-sel…
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