It’s pretty obvious that the New York Rangers have this outdoors thing down pretty good. They skated to a convincing 5-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in the 2026 Winter Classic at loanDepot Park in Miami on Friday, making them 6-0-0 all-time in outdoor games.
Their six wins in outdoor games is most in NHL history. They won each of their three appearances in the Winter Classic (also 2012 and 2018), and three more in the Stadium Series.
But that wasn’t the only history made on Friday. Mika Zibanejad scored the first hat trick in Winter Classic history, and his five points were most in any NHL outdoor game.