2010 NHL Winter Classic The 2010 NHL Winter Classic , known as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic presented by Bridgestone via corporate sponsorship , was the third edition of the NHL Winter Classic , an annual outdoor ice hockey game held by the National Hockey League ( NHL ) , played on January 1 , 2010 as a regular season game at Fenway Park in Boston , Massachusetts between the Boston Bruins ( the home team ) and the Philadelphia Flyers . The Bruins won the game 2 – 1 in overtime . After the game , the roster of the United States men ' s Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Olympics was released , which included Bruins ' goaltender Tim Thomas . The New York Rangers had previously also been considered as an opponent for the Bruins . The game was telecast on NBC in the United States ; in Canada , CBC televised the game in English , and RDS held the French language rights , while ESPN America televised the contest in Europe . Radio rights nationally were held by Sirius XM Radio , while WBZ - FM in Boston and WIP in Philadelphia used their local announcers . Additionally , there was pre - and - post game coverage on the NHL Network in the United States and Canada . Since there will be no NHL All - Star Game in the 2009 – 10 season due to the 2010 Winter Olympics , which are being held in Vancouver , British Columbia in February , the Winter Classic served as the league ' s biggest showcase game of the season . The NHL was in negotiations with the Calgary Flames to host a second outdoor game on New Years Day at McMahon Stadium , likely against another Canadian opponent . However , that did not take place as announced in the 2009 - 10 NHL season schedule , which was released on July 15 , the same day that the game site and teams were announced . Site selection . Early reports indicated six possible venues for the 2010 game : the Las Vegas Strip , Yankee Stadium , the Rose Bowl , either Nationals Park or Robert F . Kennedy Stadium in Washington , D . C . , Comerica Park in Detroit , Michigan , and Fenway Park . The Rose Bowl stadium was eliminated as they host the Rose Bowl Game and the 2010 BCS National Championship Game . NHL commissioner Gary Bettman visited Yankee Stadium on February 12 , 2009 to take a tour of the new facility with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg , where the trio discussed the possibility of having the game in the Bronx . Uniforms . For this game , the Flyers wore a reverse of their current home uniform , a white replica of their 1973 – 74 home jersey , but with a black nameplate with white lettering . The Bruins wore a uniform designed by former great Cam Neely in dark yellow with brown pants with dark yellow socks with brown and white striping and a different " B " in their famous " Hub " logo introduced in 1948 – 49 on their 1955 – 57 uniforms ; brown and gold were the Bruins ' colors when they entered the NHL for its 1924 – 25 regular season . Both jerseys are on Reebok ' s NHL template . Pregame . The ceremonial faceoff was conducted between Hall of Fame members representing the respective teams : Bobby Orr for Boston and Philadelphia ' s Bobby Clarke . The national anthems were performed by Daniel Powter ( " O Canada " ) and James Taylor ( " The Star - Spangled Banner " ) . Prior to the entrance of the players , pregame entertainment was provided by Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys , performing " I ' m Shipping Up to Boston " . Game summary . During the scoreless first period , the first fight in a Winter Classic occurred as Shawn Thornton and Daniel Carcillo engaged each other , with Carcillo getting the takedown . At 4 : 42 in the second period , Danny Syvret scored his first NHL goal with a shot from the blueline as the distracted Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas shoved Philadelphia ' s Scott Hartnell from his front . Over the course of the game , especially toward the end of each period , the ice became noticeably choppy , resulting in several odd man rushes . After Kimmo Timonen took a tripping penalty on Zdeno Chara , the Bruins tied the game on the powerplay with Mark Recchi tipping in a Derek Morris slap - pass with 2 : 18 left in the game . During overtime , Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas made a pair of saves to keep the Bruins in the game . On the Bruins ' counter - attack up the ice , Marco Sturm tipped a Patrice Bergeron pass past Flyers goaltender Michael Leighton to win the game .