The Boston Bruins will host the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 2023 NHL Winter Basic on Monday, Jan. 2 at Fenway Park, the league introduced on Wednesday. This would be the fifteenth anniversary of the occasion, and solely the second recreation at Fenway Park, which is usually the house of the Boston Purple Sox Main League Baseball group.
The Bruins have performed in three Winter Classics — 2010, 2016 and 2019 — and maintain a 2-1 document in them. They hosted their first one in 2010 in opposition to the Philadelphia Flyers. Boston received that one with a 2-1 end in additional time. The Bruins solely Winter Basic blemish occurred within the fingers of the Montreal Canadiens in 2016 at Gillette Stadium with a 5-1 loss. In 2019, Boston registered a 4-2 win in opposition to the Chicago Blackhawks at Notre Dame Stadium.
Total this would be the Bruins’ fifth NHL outside recreation. They took a 7-3 victory over the Flyers within the 2021 NHL Outside at Lake Tahoe at Edgewood Resort.
Pittsburg has had extra blended outcomes when leaving the comforts of the indoors. The Penguins received the very first Winter Basic in 2008 with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Buffalo Sabres at what’s now Highmark Stadium. Nevertheless, Pittsburgh is 2-2-1 in regular-season outside video games since then. The Penguins’ final occasion resulted in a 4-3 additional time loss in opposition to Philadelphia within the 2019 NHL Stadium Sequence performed at Lincoln Monetary Area.
Boston and Pittsburgh have by no means confronted one another outside, however they’ve performed in 219 common season video games. The Bruins maintain an 89-win benefit within the common season sequence. They’ve additionally met 5 occasions within the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with Boston successful three of these sequence.