‘It definitely can be done’: What will it take for Lightning to host an outdoor NHL game?.Rexrode: Filip Forsberg and the Predators must know they belong together.Unlike the 2022 Winter Classic that saw temperatures below zero, this game should be comfortable for fans, players and the ice conditions. There’s a slight chance for rain on Saturday night during the game. The rain is expected to stop by Friday morning to allow for the ice preparation to continue and for the game to be played Saturday night. The biggest issues for the NHL this week has been the rain that has flood warnings issued in middle Tennessee all week. The high on Saturday is expected to be 45 degrees Fahrenheit with the temperature in the low 40s around puck drop. Hosting an outdoor game in Nashville may seem risky, but it will pay off for the NHL this week. The bolt going across the bottom of the jersey is a nice touch. Those jerseys first appeared in 2008 and continued in some form until 2017. The Lightning will wear a white jersey with Bolts going across the front in a nod to the team’s old third jerseys that had Bolts going across the front in a different font. This is a pretty unique jersey design, and not sure we’d want it to be worn on a regular basis, it works for the Stadium Series. It’s surprising that Nashville didn’t go with a gold jersey given how much the team loves to feature gold in their marketing and on their jerseys and helmets. Nashville will wear the marketing nickname of Smashville across the front of their jerseys. The jerseys for the Stadium Series usually feature large designs so fans in stadium can more easily identify the teams since the playing surface is so much further from the fans during these events. The Stadium Series games have always including some ridiculous designs including Los Angeles wearing reflective silver helmets in the 2020 Stadium Series game at the Air Force against Colorado. Perry also scored a goal in the Stadium Series game at Dodger Stadium between the Ducks and Kings.Īdidas and the NHL decided to go with nicknames as the theme for this outdoor game. Then Stars forward and now Lightning forward Corey Perry earned an ejection only 39 seconds into the game after elbowing Ryan Ellis and also earned a five-game suspension for it. This will be the first outdoor game for the Lightning and the second for the Predators after they lost 4-2 in the 2020 Winter Classic to the Stars in Dallas. Tampa Bay is in second place in the Atlantic division behind the Florida Panthers. Things are coming back to earth for Nashville as it has lost five of seven games and Forsberg is likely to be moved at the trade deadline. Nashville sits five points clear and comfortably in a wild card position entering Saturday’s game after many experts predicted the team to have a rebuilding year with the retirement of longtime goalie Pekka Rinne. The Preds and Lightning both played in the same division last year due to the COVID-19 realignment with the two teams meeting eight times last year. There’s plenty of star power on both teams with Roman Josi, Matt Duchene and Filip Forsberg leading the charge for Nashville while the Lightning have Andrei Vasilevksiy, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos.
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