The United States Air Force Academy's a cappella group andAmerica's Got Talent Season 12 semi-finalist In The Stairwell performed the anthem prior to puck drop while country music artistSam Hunt performed during the first intermission.
Due to traffic issues getting into Falcon Stadium during that day, a number of fans ended up missing large portions of the game. Both the league and the Air Force Academy had sent out traffic advisories throughout the week beforehand. But several accidents, and lane closures onInterstate 25 for emergency pothole repairs combined with delays getting through security at the academy's two main gates turned what is normally about a 45-minute drive fromDenver to over four hours. A fatal accident then occurred after the game at the north gate, causing all vehicles to be rerouted through the south gate. The academy later issued a statement saying that it did all it could to ease the congestion, but "despite our best efforts, all of these, added to the already challenging traffic conditions along the I-25 corridor, combined and unfortunately impacted some fans travelling to the game".[4][5][6] In addition, fans complained about long waits and shortages of food and apparel at the Academy as well.
The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3–1, with Kings forwardTyler Toffoli recording the first hat trick in an NHL outdoor game. Toffoli opened up the scoring at 14:01 of the first period. Colorado defensemanSam Girard tied the game less than a minute left in the second period. Toffoli then scored the game-winning goal with 55 seconds left and then added an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining. Los Angeles goalieJonathan Quick made 32 saves in the win. Colorado goaliePhilipp Grubauer made 14 saves before leaving the game with an injury in the third period, while backup goaliePavel Francouz made six saves.[7][8]
In the United States, the game aired onNBC, withSN360 simulcasting NBC's feed in Canada. Due to there being no Stadium Series game the following year, this wound up being the last Stadium Series game broadcast on NBC after they lost the NHL's media rights toESPN/ABC andTNT Sports before the2021-22 season. The Stadium Series rights initially went to TNT in 2022, but were then acquired by ABC in 2023.
