# 2019 Heritage Classic

The 2019 NHL Heritage Classic (branded as the 2019 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic for sponsorship reasons) was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game. The game, the fifth Heritage Classic, was held on October 26, 2019. The Winnipeg Jets defeated the Calgary Flames, 2–1, at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan—the home field of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders.

## Background

This was the first NHL regular season outdoor game that was held in a neutral site territory that is not formally part of an NHL market, the first regular season game held in Regina, and the first regular season game held in Saskatchewan since 1994. Notably however it was not the first major professional regular season hockey game in the Queen City since historically, Regina had been the home of the defunct Western Canada Hockey League's Regina Capitals, who moved to Portland, Oregon in 1925. Regina is located roughly half-way between Calgary and Winnipeg. The Jets were designated as the home team. This was also the second outdoor game for each team; the Flames and Jets respectively hosted the 2011 and 2016 Heritage Classic games at their cities' respective CFL stadiums.
To accommodate the game, the CFL scheduled a three week road trip for the Riders near the end of the 2019 CFL season. Saskatchewan played its penultimate home game on October 5, followed by three road games while its stadium was converted to an outdoor hockey rink and back again. The Riders returned to Mosaic Stadium on November 2 for their final 2019 regular season game.

## Game summary

Bryan Little scored at 3:04 of overtime to give the Jets the 2–1 win. The Flames' Elias Lindholm opened the scoring on a power play at 14:47 of the second period. Winnipeg's Josh Morrissey then tied the game on a power play at 15:49 of the third period.
At 19:58 of the second period, the Jets' Adam Lowry was given a minor penalty for boarding the Flames' Oliver Kylington. The league later gave Lowry a two-game suspension as a repeat offender.
Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | No scoring | No scoring | No scoring | No scoring | No scoring |
| 2nd | CGY | Elias Lindholm (7) – pp | Johnny Gaudreau (7), Sean Monahan (6) | 14:47 | 1–0 CGY |
| 3rd | WPG | Josh Morrissey (1) – pp | Patrik Laine (10), Mark Scheifele (9) | 15:49 | 1–1 TIE |
| OT | WPG | Bryan Little (1) | Kyle Connor (2), Neal Pionk (6) | 3:04 | 2–1 WPG |
    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 | CGY | Sean Monahan | Delay of Game (puck over glass) | 08:48 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | CGY | T. J. Brodie | Tripping | 05:52 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | CGY | Sam Bennett | Goalkeeper interference | 10:10 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | WPG | Andrew Copp | Hooking | 13:09 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | WPG | Team (served by Mathieu Perreault) | Delay of Game (unsuccessful coach challenge) | 14:47 | 2:00 |
| 2nd | WPG | Adam Lowry | Boarding | 20:00 | 2:00 |
| 3rd | CGY | Mark Giordano | Hooking | 14:50 | 2:00 |
| OT | CGY | Sean Monahan | Tripping | 00:39 | 2:00 |
Shots by period :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| CGY | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| WPG | 14 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 45 |
Power play opportunities :
| Team | Goals/Opportunities |
| Calgary | 1/3 |
| Winnipeg | 1/5 |
Three star selections :
| | Team | Player | Statistics |
| 1st | WPG | Bryan Little | 1 goal |
| 2nd | CGY | David Rittich | 43 saves |
| 3rd | WPG | Josh Morrissey | 1 goal |

## Team rosters

Calgary Flames (OT Loss, 6–5–2) :
| Head coach: Bill Peters ||||||||||
| | Nat. | Player | Position | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | SOG |
| 4 | | Rasmus Andersson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 |
| 5 | | Mark Giordano (C) | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 1 |
| 7 | | T.J. Brodie | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 10 | | Derek Ryan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 |
| 11 | | Mikael Backlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 |
| 13 | | Johnny Gaudreau | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | E | 6 |
| 16 | | Tobias Rieder | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 17 | | Milan Lucic | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 19 | | Matthew Tkachuk (A) | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
| 23 | | Sean Monahan (A) | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | E | 1 |
| 24 | | Travis Hamonic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 28 | | Elias Lindholm | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 55 | | Noah Hanifin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 58 | | Oliver Kylington | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 |
| 67 | | Michael Frolik | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 88 | | Andrew Mangiapane | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 |
| 89 | | Alan Quine | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 |
| 93 | | Sam Bennett | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 1 |
| | Nat. | Goaltender | Result | Rec | GA | SA | SV | SV% | TOI |
| 33 | | David Rittich | OTL | 5–3–2 | 2 | 45 | 43 | 0.956 | 63:04 |
| 39 | | Cam Talbot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Winnipeg Jets (Win, 6–6–0) :
| Head coach: Paul Maurice ||||||||||
| | Nat. | Player | Position | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | SOG |
| 2 | | Anthony Bitetto | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 |
| 3 | | Tucker Poolman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 |
| 4 | | Neal Pionk | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1 |
| 7 | | Dmitry Kulikov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 9 | | Andrew Copp | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 3 |
| 17 | | Adam Lowry | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 0 |
| 18 | | Bryan Little | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| 19 | | David Gustafsson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 |
| 23 | | Carl Dahlstrom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 |
| 26 | | Blake Wheeler (C) | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 5 |
| 27 | | Nikolaj Ehlers | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 |
| 28 | | Jack Roslovic | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 4 |
| 29 | | Patrik Laine | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | E | 5 |
| 44 | | Josh Morrissey (A) | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 6 |
| 55 | | Mark Scheifele (A) | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | E | 2 |
| 57 | | Gabriel Bourque | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 |
| 81 | | Kyle Connor | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 85 | | Mathieu Perreault | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 |
| | Nat. | Goaltender | Result | Rec | GA | SA | SV | SV% | TOI |
| 30 | | Laurent Brossoit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | | Connor Hellebuyck | W | 5–4–0 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 0.967 | 62:46 |

### Scratches – Did not play

Calgary Flames: Michael Stone, Mark Jankowski
Winnipeg Jets: Luca Sbisa, Ville Heinola, Mason Appleton
Officials
Referee: Brad Meier, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, Trent Knorr

## Entertainment

The Hunter Brothers sang the national anthem, The Sheepdogs performed during the first intermission, and Jess Moskaluke sang during the second intermission.

## Television

This game aired as the late 10 p.m. EDT (8 p.m. local time) game on Hockey Night in Canada. In the U.S., NBCSN simulcast the HNIC feed; it was the second game of a rare Saturday night doubleheader on NBCSN that followed a 2019 Stanley Cup Finals rematch between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins. This would be the last Heritage Classic that NBCSN would air, as NBC later lost the NHL media rights to ESPN/ABC and TNT Sports before the 2021-22 season. TNT picked up the Heritage Classic as part of their package.

## Festivities

The Western Hockey League's Regina Pats (who play at nearby Brandt Centre) hosted a "Prairie Classic" outdoor game against the Calgary Hitmen on October 27. Calgary won the game 5-4 in overtime.