Insider reveals Boston's opponent for the 2023 Winter Classic

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Cooper Godin
April 13, 2022 (11:47)

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In early February, the National Hockey League announced that they would be returning to Fenway Park, home of the MLB's Boston Red Sox, for the 2023 Winter Classic on January 2nd.

The Bruins hosted the third NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park on January 1st 2010, and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime by a score of 2 to 1.

According to Kevin Weekes of ESPN, the Boston's opponent for the 2023 Winter Classic will be Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Boston has appeared in the Winter Classic, three times. In 2010, as mentioned they hosted and won the game, in 2016, they hosted again, this time at Gillette Stadium, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens. In 2019, they faced the Chicago Blackhawks at Notre Dame Stadium and won.

As for the Pittsburgh Penguins, they've appeared in the Winter Classic twice. In 2008, the won the inaugural game in a shootout over the Buffalo Sabres and then in 2011, they hosted at Heinz Field lost to the Washington Capitals.

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I'm told it's the @penguins that will be the @NHLBruins opponent for the upcoming 2023 @NHL Winter Classic to be played on Jan 2nd at @fenwaypark the home of the @NHLBruins . @espn @NHLNetwork #HockeyTwitter pic.twitter.com/pQYsHLoJnH Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) April 13, 2022

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