2018 NHL Stadium Series

Did You Know?

• NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the 2018 Stadium Series game was the start of a partnership with the U.S. military to host outdoor games at military service academies.
• In fall 2016, the NHL and New York Rangers explored holding an outdoor game at Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.
• The game was officially called the 2018 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series for sponsorship reasons.

Game summary

Alexander Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season for Washington. Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson each recorded a goal and two assists. Jakub Vrana also scored for the Capitals. Nazem Kadri and Zach Hyman scored for Toronto. With ten minutes left in the third period, a power outage suspended play for about 15 minutes. The Capitals won 5–2.

Television

The game aired in the United States on NBC and in Canada on CBC and Sportsnet as part of Hockey Night in Canada, as well as in French on TVA Sports. To accommodate NBC's 8 p.m. ET start, HNIC moved the Montreal–Boston game to 5 p.m., the Ottawa–Arizona game to 8 p.m., and the New York Rangers–Edmonton game to 10:30 p.m. ET. Due to the power outage, NBC switched the final minutes to NBCSN at 11 p.m. ET to avoid delaying local news and Saturday Night Live.