Panthers arrive in sports cars, Rangers dress in all white before 2026 Winter Classic

The Florida Panthers zoomed into the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic “Miami Vice” style.

The Panthers arrived in sports cars to loanDepot park in Miami before they faced the New York Rangers on Friday (8 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS).

For their arrival outfits, the Panthers wore white pants and blazers with a colored shirts underneath as a nod to the 1980s television show “Miami Vice.”

Panthers defenseman Seth Jones accessorized his outfit with a retro wireless white phone, which he said he purchased on Amazon.

Anton Lundell said the outfits were a group idea and the cars were the organization’s idea.

“What a way to come to a Winter Classic,” Lundell said. “We were just talking about how unique and how cool the experience has been so far.”

Panthers coach Paul Maurice joked that “appropriately” he arrived on the bus.

“Bus or cab is more my speed. I did like the motorcycles, though,” Maurice said in a pregame press conference. “There’s a section here that’s not for anybody else but the players. That’s a good thing, right. …They kind of came up with it on their own. … They are not afraid to show some personality and be relaxed understanding the context that when that puck drops, it’s on, we got to win this game.”

The Rangers arrived in all-white outfits to stay cool in the Florida heat.

Rangers forward Will Cuylle revealed the team came up with outfit idea together.

“I think it was a bit of a group effort and we tried to mix a beach theme but not come in bathing suits to be a little bit more professional, so we thought the all-white was a good solution to that,” Cuylle said before the game.

Cuylle and Rangers defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov completed their looks with sunglasses that they sported during the pregame press conference.

Rangers coach Mike Sullivan joked that he didn’t “get the memo” about the outfits before the game and was “kind of happy about it.”

NHL.com senior writer Dan Rosen contributed to this report