The NHL's annual Stadium Series game was in Tampa, Florida, for a contest between the Lightning and Boston Bruins.

TAMPA -- Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel Hagel sat at the podium inside Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, two loyal teammates with the Tampa Bay Lightning who will turn into heated Olympic foes a week from now.

The New England Patriots were on full display at walk-ins leading up to the NHL's 2026 Stadium Series. Now, the Patriots are currently on their way to Californ

The Lightning credited the first goalie fight in an NHL outdoor game -- between Andrei Vasilevskiy and Jeremy Swayman -- for helping to spark their historic Stadium Series comeback win over the Bruins on Sunday.

NHL.com staff writer Mike Zeisberger has been covering the NHL regularly since 1999. Each Monday he will use his extensive network of hockey contacts for his weekly notes column, "Zizing 'Em Up," to preview the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Outdoor hockey remains one of the most unique spectacles in all of sport.