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.
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| Date | March 13, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| Power play opportunities | |
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| Team | Goals/Opportunities |
| Toronto | 0/3 |
| Buffalo | 0/4 |
| Three star selections | |||
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| 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
| Buffalo Sabres | |||
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| # | 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[2] | 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 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]