Overview
- Puck drop is 8 p.m. ET at loanDepot Park in Miami, with the retractable roof planned to be open and capacity listed at 35,300.
- The NHL confirms this is Florida’s first outdoor game and the league’s southernmost, with forecasts calling for mid‑60s temperatures at game time.
- To safeguard ice quality in warm conditions, operations include two mobile refrigeration units and a thicker-than-standard ice sheet.
- The game airs on TNT and truTV, with streaming on HBO Max and additional options reported via Sling TV and DIRECTV.
- Injury-hit lineups are expected: Florida is without Matthew Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov, New York is missing J.T. Miller, Conor Sheary and Noah Laba; Igor Shesterkin and Sergei Bobrovsky are the projected starters as the Rangers carry a 5-0 outdoor record.