Overview
- The game is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. ET at loanDepot Park in Miami, the first NHL outdoor game in Florida and the southernmost in league history.
- Broadcast coverage is on TNT and truTV with streaming options on HBO Max, Sling and DIRECTV, with radio available on SiriusXM.
- Forecasts call for mid‑60s temperatures at puck drop, and the league has kept the rink covered during the day before opening the roof for the start.
- Both teams are short-handed, with Florida missing Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, Dmitry Kulikov and Tomas Nosek, and New York without J.T. Miller, Conor Sheary and Noah Laba.
- The matchup carries standings implications with both clubs outside the East’s playoff spots, as New York brings a 5‑0 outdoor record into a meeting likely featuring Igor Shesterkin vs. Sergei Bobrovsky in goal.