2015 NHL Winter Classic

The 2015 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game played on January 1, 2015 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

The game matched the Chicago Blackhawks against the Washington Capitals; the Capitals won, 3–2 after scoring the go-ahead goal with less than 13 seconds remaining in regulation play.

The game garnered an attendance of 42,832 and was televised nationally in the United States on NBC and in Canada on CBC.

The 2015 Winter Classic marked the Capitals' second victory in as many outdoor games (the first being in the 2011 NHL Winter Classic) and the Blackhawks' second loss in three outdoor games (the previous two being a loss in the 2009 NHL Winter Classic and a victory in the 2014 NHL Stadium Series).

The game is one of two to be held outdoors during the 2014–15 NHL season, the other being the 2015 NHL Stadium Series in February.