The 2022 NHL Heritage Classic (branded as the 2022 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic for sponsorship reasons) was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game. The game, the sixth Heritage Classic, was held on March 13, 2022, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between the Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Maple Leafs at Tim Hortons Field. After falling behind 2–1, the Sabres scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Maple Leafs, 5–2.
Background The league announced the game on September 16, 2021. Hamilton was chosen due to its location in the Golden Horseshoe midway between Buffalo and Toronto. This was Toronto's first Heritage Classic appearance, and their fourth overall outdoor game appearance, becoming the only team to participate in a Winter Classic, Stadium Series, and Heritage Classic. Buffalo became the first U.S. team to both compete in and be designated as host team for the Heritage Classic, despite the game being played in Canada.
Game summary
Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st No scoring 2nd TOR Ondrej Kase (12) William Nylander (32), John Tavares (36) 0:40 1–0 TOR BUF Peyton Krebs (5) Vinnie Hinostroza (11), Robert Hagg (7) 1:22 1–1 TIE TOR Auston Matthews (45) Alex Kerfoot (33), T.J. Brodie (16) 2:57 2–1 TOR BUF Vinnie Hinostroza (9) Tage Thompson (20), Mattias Samuelsson (3) 10:53 2–2 TIE 3rd BUF Vinnie Hinostroza (10) unassisted 5:16 3–2 BUF BUF Peyton Krebs (6) Dylan Cozens (19), Kyle Okposo (20) 13:49 4–2 BUF BUF Tage Thompson (24) (empty net) – sh unassisted 17:35 5–2 BUF 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 TOR Pierre Engvall Roughing 18:04 2:00 BUF Vinnie Hinostroza Roughing 18:04 2:00 BUF Henri Jokiharju Roughing 18:04 2:00 2nd BUF John Hayden Hooking 5:53 2:00 TOR Ilya Lyubushkin Hooking 18:35 2:00 3rd TOR Timothy Liljegren Tripping 1:38 2:00 TOR T.J. Brodie Hooking 8:49 2:00 TOR Auston Matthews Cross-checking 14:55 2:00 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross-checking 14:55 2:00 BUF Kyle Okposo Tripping 16:41 2:00 TOR Michael Bunting (served by John Tavares) Roughing 18:17 2:00 TOR Michael Bunting Misconduct 18:17 10:00 TOR Ilya Mikheyev Misconduct 18:17 10:00 BUF Tage Thompson Misconduct 18:17 10:00 BUF Dylan Cozens Misconduct 18:17 10:00
Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total TOR 9 18 9 36 BUF 14 9 15 38
Power play opportunities Team Goals/Opportunities Toronto 0/3 Buffalo 0/4
Three star selectionsTeamPlayerStatistics1stBUFPeyton Krebs2 goals2ndBUFVinnie Hinostroza2 goals, 1 assist3rdTOROndrej Kase1 goal
Team rosters
Toronto Maple Leafs # Player Position 3 Justin Holl D 15 Alex Kerfoot C 16 Mitch Marner RW 19 Jason Spezza C 24 Wayne Simmonds RW 25 Ondrej Kase RW 34 Auston Matthews (A) C 35 Petr Mrazek G 37 Timothy Liljegren D 38 Rasmus Sandin D 44 Morgan Rielly (A) D 46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 47 Pierre Engvall LW 50 Erik Kallgren G 58 Michael Bunting LW 64 David Kampf C 65 Ilya Mikheyev RW 78 T.J. Brodie D 88 William Nylander RW 91 John Tavares (C) CHead coach: Sheldon Keefe
Buffalo Sabres # Player Position 8 Robert Hagg D 10 Henri Jokiharju D 13 Mark Pysyk (A) D 15 John Hayden C 19 Peyton Krebs C 20 Cody Eakin C 21 Kyle Okposo (A) RW 23 Mattias Samuelsson D 24 Dylan Cozens C 26 Rasmus Dahlin (A) D 29 Vinnie Hinostroza C 31 Dustin Tokarski G 37 Casey Mittelstadt C 41 Craig Anderson G 53 Jeff Skinner LW 71 Victor Olofsson LW 72 Tage Thompson RW 74 Rasmus Asplund C 78 Jacob Bryson D 89 Alex Tuch RWHead coach: Don Granato
Erik Kallgren and Dustin Tokarski dressed as the back-up goaltenders. Neither entered the game.
Scratches Toronto Maple Leafs: Travis Dermott, Kyle Clifford, Nick Robertson Buffalo Sabres: Mark Jankowski, Casey Fitzgerald, Anders Bjork
Attendance The 2022 Heritage Classic was the lowest attended NHL outdoor game with 26,119 spectators. This was due to the venues small size compared to other outdoor game venues, as the 2022 game was a sold-out crowd. It was only 205 spectators less than the venue's record attendance at the time, which was seen at the 2021 Grey Cup.
Entertainment Country pop singer and Canada's Got Talent host Lindsay Ell performed the Canadian and American national anthems and singer Alessia Cara performed during the first intermission. The Canadian Olympic women's ice hockey team, the gold medal winners at the 2022 Winter Olympics, were honoured during the second intermission. This game marks the first time that the bilingual version of O Canada was sung at the Heritage Classic.
Television The game was broadcast on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada and on TNT in the U.S.
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