The Tampa Bay Lightning could be without the services of star forward Brayden Point after an awkward fall in front of the net against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.

The National Hockey League unveiled its plans for the construction of the rink for the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series, held in Tampa on Feb. 1. The outdoor game that takes place at Raymond James Stadium will feature the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Boston Bruins.

For a typical outdoor game, it takes about four days to build the structure of the rink. Workers lay a laser-leveled stage deck on the ground, lay 253 interlocking aluminum ice pans in three rows on top of the deck and surround the pans with the boards, the glass and everything else.

Even with the loss, the suddenly banged-up (no Jamie Drysdale, Bobby Brink or Travis Konecny) Flyers still hold the third spot in the Metropolitan Division standings.

Through Jon Cooper's family foundation, Coop’s Catch for Kids was launched in 2016 and has raised no less than $1.5 million in support of pediatric cancer.

The Panthers host the first outdoor game in the state, an appetizer for the Lightning’s Stadium Series contest next month at Raymond James.

Bettman explained how the Tampa Bay Lightning will host the Boston Bruins in the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1 (6:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS), showing an animated video of the League constructing an air-conditioned tent on the field to make the ice and removing the tent before the game.

The NHL will assemble a tent-like structure shielding the ice from what could be an unfavorable temperature and humidity combination at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

The commissioner says the Stadium Series game Feb. 1 at Raymond James Stadium “will be different than anything you’ve ever seen.”

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