2023 NHL Winter Classic

The 2023 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 2, 2023, at Fenway Park in Boston. The 14th edition of the Winter Classic, it matched the Boston Bruins against the Pittsburgh Penguins; the Bruins won 2–1.

2023 NHL Winter Classic

1 2 3 Total Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 0 1 Boston Bruins 0 0 2 2
Date	January 2, 2023
Venue	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance	39,243
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Background

On February 4, 2022, the NHL announced that the 2023 NHL Winter Classic would take place at Fenway Park, hosted by the Boston Bruins. Fenway Park became the first venue to host two Winter Classics, having previously hosted the 2010 NHL Winter Classic.

ESPN reported in February 2022 that the Pittsburgh Penguins would likely be the opponent after Fenway Sports Group, owner of Fenway Park, took over majority control of the Penguins in December 2021. The league confirmed that it would be the Penguins on April 13.

The NHL moved the Winter Classic to Monday, January 2, as it had in 2012 and 2017, declining to hold the event on a Sunday. In addition, the game returned to its customary afternoon start time (2 p.m. EST).

Game summary

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	No scoring
2nd	PIT	Kasperi Kapanen (6)	Danton Heinen (8), Jeff Carter (12)	8:40	1–0 PIT
3rd	BOS	Jake DeBrusk (15)	Brad Marchand (21), Matt Grzelcyk (9)	7:46	1–1
	BOS	Jake DeBrusk (16)	Taylor Hall (15), David Krejci (18)	17:36	1–2 BOS

Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season

Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	PIT	Teddy Blueger	Boarding	17:33	2:00
2nd	PIT	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	Interference	2:24	2:00
	BOS	David Pastrnak	Holding	2:24	2:00
	BOS	Hampus Lindholm	High-sticking	4:38	2:00
3rd	BOS	Matt Grzelcyk	Tripping	1:11	2:00
	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	Tripping	5:40	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
PIT	14	6	7	27
BOS	10	9	10	29

Power play opportunities
Team	Goals/Opportunities
Pittsburgh	0/3
Boston	0/3

Three star selections
	Team	Player	Statistics
1st	BOS	Jake DeBrusk	2 goals
2nd	PIT	Kasperi Kapanen	1 goal
3rd	BOS	Linus Ullmark	26 saves

Team rosters

Pittsburgh Penguins
#		Player	Position
1		Casey DeSmith	G
2		Chad Ruhwedel	D
8		Brian Dumoulin (A)	D
16		Jason Zucker	LW
17		Bryan Rust	RW
23		Brock McGinn	LW
24		Ty Smith	D
28		Marcus Pettersson	D
35		Tristan Jarry	G
42		Kasperi Kapanen	RW
43		Danton Heinen	LW/RW
44		Jan Rutta	D
52		Mark Friedman	D
53		Teddy Blueger	C
59		Jake Guentzel	LW
67		Rickard Rakell	LW/RW
71		Evgeni Malkin (A)	C
73		Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D
77		Jeff Carter	C/RW
87		Sidney Crosby (C)	C
Head coach: Mike Sullivan

Boston Bruins
#		Player	Position
1		Jeremy Swayman	G
11		Trent Frederic	C
12		Craig Smith	RW
13		Charlie Coyle	C
17		Nick Foligno	LW
18		Pavel Zacha	C
25		Brandon Carlo	D
27		Hampus Lindholm	D
28		Derek Forbort	D
35		Linus Ullmark	G
37		Patrice Bergeron (C)	C
46		David Krejci (A)	C
48		Matt Grzelcyk	D
63		Brad Marchand (A)	LW
71		Taylor Hall	LW
73		Charlie McAvoy	D
74		Jake DeBrusk	LW
75		Connor Clifton	D
88		David Pastrnak	RW
92		Tomas Nosek	C
Head coach: Jim Montgomery

Entertainment

Bell Biv DeVoe, accompanied by the Boston Pops Orchestra, performed the national anthem while the Black Keys performed during the first intermission. Following the anthem, a ceremonial "puck pitch" was done by Red Sox alumni players Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield along with Boston Bruins alumni Johnny Bucyk, Zdeno Chara, and Bobby Orr. The Boston Pops also served as the house band during the game. Country music artist Sam Hunt performed during pregame.

Broadcasting

The game was broadcast by TNT in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports reported that the game was the most-watched regular season hockey game of all-time on cable in the United States, averaging 1.8 million viewers throughout the broadcast and peaking at 2.1 million viewers toward the end of the game.