WINNIPEG, Manitoba – A look at the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™ “By The Numbers,” in anticipation of the Winnipeg Jets hosting the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Princess Auto Stadium:
1 – Goals allowed by the Winnipeg Jets in their most recent outdoor game, a 2-1 overtime victory over the Calgary Flames in the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic on Oct. 26, 2019 at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, SK. Jets Center Bryan Little tallied the game-winner at the 3:04 mark of OT.
2 – Occasions that Princess Auto Stadium has hosted a Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic; in 2016 the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 in the same building.
2 – Grey Cups played in Winnipeg at Princess Auto Stadium; on Nov. 29, 2015, Edmonton defeated Ottawa 26-20 in the 103rd edition of the championship game. A season ago on Nov. 16, 2025, the Saskatchewan Roughriders downed the Montreal Alouettes 25-17 in the 112th Grey Cup to be crowned Canadian Football League Champions.
2 – Pairs of giant decorative hockey skates representing both teams frame the dramatic stone fireplace stretching across the front of the field, creating a nostalgic, winter-cabin atmosphere.
3 – Total outdoor game appearances by the Winnipeg Jets, including Sunday’s 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic (1-1-0).
3 – Artists performing during the Jets’ and Canadiens’ player introductions. Les Barn Boys, Douzie and The Asham Stompers will bring a festive kitchen party spirit to the opening ceremony through music and dance.
4 – Entertainment stages positioned along the front edge of the rink, where the first intermission presented by Ticketmaster performance will take place featuring Remi Wolf, Wolf Parade, Feist and G-Flip for an unforgettable show hosted by Off Campus star Ella Bright.
4°C – Average low temperature for Winnipeg on Oct. 25, according to accuweather.com, which currently forecasts a low of -2°C on Sunday, with a high of 6°C on game day.
+4 – The best plus-minus rating for any player in an NHL outdoor game, achieved by seven players. Brendan Smith is the most recent player to go +4, when New Jersey defeated Philadelphia 6-3 in the 2024 NHL Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium.
5 – Total times Winnipeg has hosted the Grey Cup; the 79th (1991), 86th (1998) and 94th (2006) games were played at Canad Inns Stadium (formerly Winnipeg Stadium).
5.5 – Hours the 2026 Scotiabank NHL PreGame™ fan festival (Noon – 5:30 p.m. CT) will be open with more than 20 NHL partners and licensees to engage fans holding 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic tickets only. The fan fest is located at the University of Manitoba U Lot, 315 Chancellor Matheson Road, adjacent to Princess Auto Stadium.
6 – Active NHL players as of Oct. 24, 2026 born in Winnipeg with a minimum of 100 games played: Max Domi (TOR, 815 GP), Mark Stone (VGK, 778 GP), Seth Jarvis (CAR, 376 GP), Cody Glass (NJD, 333 GP), Joel Hofer (STL, 122 GP) and Dylan McIllrath (WSH, 108 GP). (Games played as of 10/24/26.)
7 – Single-game record for touchdown passes for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, courtesy of quarterback Jim Van Pelt on Aug. 29, 1959 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
8 – Number of Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classics staged, including this year’s event in Winnipeg. The NHL’s first outdoor regular season game was played in 2003 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Since, the Heritage Classic was held in Calgary (2011), Vancouver (2014), Winnipeg (2016 & 2026), Regina (2019) and Hamilton (2022) before returning to Edmonton in 2023. The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-2 at Commonwealth Stadium on Oct. 29, 2023, marking 20 years since the first Heritage Classic.
12 – Grey Cups won by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Winnipeg stood atop the CFL as champions in 1935, 1939, 1941, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2019 and 2021.
18 – Jets alumni, including fan-favorites Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler, will join the second intermission for a special tribute celebrating the last 15 years of the Winnipeg Jets.
20 – Active Manitoba-born NHL players as of Oct. 24, 2026; including Jordan Martinook (CAR, 809 GP), Joel Edmondson (LAK, 694 GP), Travis Sanheim (PHI, 673 GP) and Ryan Pulock (NYI, 646 GP). (Games played as of 10/24/26.)
23 – Single-season record for touchdowns scored in the CFL, by Winnipeg Blue Bombers wide receiver Milt Stegall. Stegall found the end zone 23 times in 2002.
25 – Different Canadian provinces, and U.S. states (including Washington D.C.) that have hosted at least one NHL outdoor game.
38 – Jersey number of former Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Willard Reaves, who led the CFL in rushing during three of his five seasons playing for Winnipeg (1983-87). In 65 career regular season games with the Blue Bombers, Reaves averaged 5.3 yards per rush and ran for 44 touchdowns. Willard’s son, Ryan Reaves, retired from the NHL during the most recent off-season, following 962 career games beginning in 2010-11 for St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Vegas, the New York Rangers, Minnesota, Toronto and San Jose. Reaves also scored the series-clinching goal for Vegas in Game 5 of the 2018 Western Conference Final…in Winnipeg.
46 – Total number of NHL outdoor games, including the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic in Winnipeg. The next: Discover NHL Winter Classic at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. The Utah Mammoth will host the Colorado Avalanche on New Year’s Eve, in the first outdoor game appearance in Utah franchise history.
53 – Length, in feet, of the world’s largest mobile rink refrigeration unit, specially built for outdoor games conducted by the NHL.
65°F – Warmest game time temperature for an NHL outdoor game; 2016 NHL Stadium Series at Coors Field (home of MLB’s Colorado Rockies); Detroit defeated Colorado 5-3 on Feb. 27.
200 – Approximate number of workers that will spend parts of two weeks on site, building everything necessary to host an NHL outdoor game.
300 – Capacity, in tons, of each of the two refrigeration trailers that will keep the ice playable at Princess Auto Stadium.
350 – Gallons of water-soluble paint used to whiten the ice at Princess Auto Stadium.
915 – Career points as of Oct. 24, 2026 for Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele, who has spent all 16 seasons of his NHL career with the Jets; a point total inching closer to Dale Hawerchuk’s Jets franchise record of 929 points. At the outset of the 2026-27 season, the two statistical eras of Winnipeg Jets hockey in the NHL were combined, merging records of the 1979-1996 Jets, the 1999-2011 Atlanta Thrashers and the 2011-present Jets. While Scheifele is the franchise record holder in scoring since 2011 when he made his NHL debut, after the combining of eras, he’ll have to overtake Hawerchuk to sit atop the Jets’ record book a second time. Scheifele’s 374 goals with Winnipeg are second to Hawerchuk’s 379, with Scheifele’s teammate Kyle Connor sitting third in franchise history with 332 goals. (Stats as of Oct. 24, 2026.)
2013 – First CFL season the Winnipeg Blue Bombers called Princess Auto Stadium home. The Montreal Alouettes were victorious by a 38-33 final in the first game at the facility, on June 27, 2013.
17,952 – Length, in feet, of plywood for construction of the outdoor rink at Princess Auto Stadium.
25,000 – Approximate length, in feet, of electrical cable used to power the rink, stages, audio systems, etc. during the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic.
2,340,838 – Total attendance of NHL regular-season outdoor games entering the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic (an average of 54,438 per game when fans could attend; 43 of 45 games played).
