The 4 Nations Face-Off proved to be exactly what the NHL needed and then some, as not only did the tournament pull in some monster ratings, but it got the entire sports world talking. So, in the league's first major event since then,

Detroit dropped a second game in a row to Columbus, this time outdoors at Ohio Stadium, making its path to the playoffs even tougher.

COLUMBUS -- Dean Evason choked up. The Columbus Blue Jackets had defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, and they’d done it in front of 94,751, the second-largest crowd in NHL history. But that wasn’t the most important thing.