The New York Rangers are expected to host the Buffalo Sabres at Citi Field for the 2018 Winter Classic, Arthur Staple of Newsday reported Wednesday, citing a pair of sources.
It will be the first Winter Classic staged in New York, and the first NHL event at the New York Mets' ballpark in Queens.
Each team has appeared in one New Year's Day showcase. New York visited Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia in 2012, and Buffalo hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins in the event's debut in 2008.
The Rangers were visitors in a pair of Stadium Series games at Yankee Stadium in 2014 against the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders.
Busch Stadium in St. Louis hosted the NHL's last Winter Classic between the Blues and Chicago Blackhawks. This game was pushed back to Jan. 2, with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings meeting in the Centennial Classic on New Year's Day in Toronto.
Staple notes that there were rumored talks of the Rangers hosting the event at West Point.
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