The record was broken on January 1 , 2014 for the NHL 's 2014 Winter Classic , where a crowd of 105,491 saw the host Detroit Red Wings fall to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a shootout .
The record probally was broken on January 1 , 2014 for the NHL 's 2014 Winter Classic . According to unofficial sources , 105,491 pepople saw the nominal host Detroit Red Wings lose to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a shootout 2-3 .