2022 Heritage Classic

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, between the Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Maple Leafs at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.^[1] After falling behind 2–1, the Sabres scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Maple Leafs, 5–2.

2022 Heritage Classic warmups

2022 NHL Heritage Classic

1 2 3 Total Toronto Maple Leafs 0 2 0 2 Buffalo Sabres 0 2 3 5
Date	March 13, 2022
Venue	Tim Hortons Field
City	Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance	26,119
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Background

The league announced the game on September 16, 2021. Hamilton, Ontario, was chosen due to its location in the Golden Horseshoe midway between Buffalo and Toronto. This was Toronto's first Heritage Classic appearance, and Buffalo became the first U.S. team to both compete in and host a Heritage Classic.^[1]

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 selections
	Team	Player	Statistics
1st	BUF	Peyton Krebs	2 goals
2nd	BUF	Vinnie Hinostroza	2 goals, 1 assist
3rd	TOR	Ondrej Kase	1 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) C Head 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 RW Head 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[1]

References

1. "Maple Leafs, Sabres to play in 2022 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic". NHL.com. September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
2. "2022 NHL Heritage Classic fails to pass 108th Grey Cup for Tim Hortons Field attendance record". March 14, 2022.
3. "Heritage Classic festivities announced for Sabres-Maple Leafs game Sunday". NHL.com. March 9, 2022.

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