# 2025 NHL Stadium Series

The 2025 NHL Stadium Series was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the NHL Stadium Series. The game was played on March 1, 2025, with the Columbus Blue Jackets hosting the Detroit Red Wings at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

## Background

The league announced the game on February 17, 2024, during the first game of the previous season's Stadium Series. The league will return to only staging one Stadium Series per season instead of two. NHL executives had contemplated holding an outdoor game at Ohio Stadium since visiting the venue in November 2022. This would be the Columbus Blue Jackets' first outdoor game, while it would be the Detroit Red Wings' fourth. The choice of the opponents reflects the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, itself reflecting the rivalry between the states of Michigan and Ohio since the Toledo War. This initially left the Florida Panthers and the expansion Utah Hockey Club as the only teams to have not played an outdoor game; however, on January 8, 2025, it was announced that the Panthers will play the New York Rangers in the 2026 NHL Winter Classic at LoanDepot Park, leaving Utah as the only team to have not played an outdoor game.

## Game summary

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | No scoring | No scoring | No scoring | No scoring | No scoring |
| 2nd | CBJ | Denton Mateychuk (3) | Boone Jenner (6), James van Riemsdyk (15) | 5:31 | CBJ 1–0 |
| 2nd | DET | Alex DeBrincat (28) – pp | Patrick Kane (22), Moritz Seider (31) | 13:06 | 1–1 |
| 2nd | CBJ | Dmitri Voronkov (20) – pp | Kent Johnson (22), Zach Werenski (45) | 17:23 | CBJ 2–1 |
| 2nd | CBJ | Mathieu Olivier (12) | Justin Danforth (8) | 17:55 | CBJ 3–1 |
| 3rd | DET | Patrick Kane (15) | Simon Edvinsson (17), Albert Johansson (6) | 3:34 | CBJ 3–2 |
| 3rd | DET | Alex DeBrincat (29) | Erik Gustafsson (15), Patrick Kane (23) | 16:36 | 3–3 |
| 3rd | CBJ | Justin Danforth (6) | Zach Aston-Reese (10), Ivan Provorov (21) | 17:43 | CBJ 4–3 |
| 3rd | CBJ | Adam Fantilli (18) – en | Zach Werenski (46), Boone Jenner (7) | 18:52 | CBJ 5–3 |
    Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season
Penalty summary :
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | No penalties | No penalties | No penalties | No penalties | No penalties |
| 2nd | CBJ | Dante Fabbro | Interference | 12:18 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | DET | Moritz Seider | Tripping | 17:15 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | CBJ | Kirill Marchenko | High-sticking | 5:27 | 2:00 |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| DET | 14 | 11 | 21 | 46 |
| CBJ | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
Power play opportunities :
| Team | Goals/Opportunities |
| Detroit | 1 / 2 |
| Columbus | 1 / 1 |
Three star selections :
| | Team | Player | Statistics |
| 1st | CBJ | Elvis Merzlikins | 43 saves |
| 2nd | DET | Alex DeBrincat | 2 goals |
| 3rd | CBJ | Justin Danforth | 1 goal, 1 assist |

## Entertainment

O.A.R. performed with The Ohio State University Athletic Band with at the pregame concert, while Columbus-based alternative rock duo Twenty One Pilots performed during the first intermission. The national anthem was performed by the Athletic Band accompanied by deaf performer Elyssa Williams in American Sign Language. Script Ohio on Ice was also performed by the Athletic Band.

## Broadcasting

The game aired in the United States on ESPN and was streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+. After airing the last three Stadium Series games, ESPN's sister channel ABC was unavailable to carry this year's game due to NBA commitments. The ESPN feed was simulcast in Canada on FX due to other Hockey Night in Canada games airing on the various Sportsnet channels; the Stadium Series was still available to stream on Sportsnet+.