Lightning players wear full-padded Bucs uniforms, get Baker Mayfield escort before Stadium Series in Tampa

The Boston Bruins were being hosted by the Tampa Bay Lightning not successful the accustomed Amalie Arena mode connected Sunday night, but alternatively astatine Raymond James Stadium — location of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

So, earlier they deed the outdoor crystal connected a precise chilly Tampa night, the Lightning players were spotted coming disconnected the autobus wearing throwback "Creamsicle" Bucs uniforms.

Pads, helmets and all.

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Victor Hedman and the Tampa Bay Lightning formal successful the Tampa Bay Buccaneers creamsicle jerseys and are joined by Tristan Wirfs arsenic they question to the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series crippled against the Boston Bruins astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Feb. 1, 2026 successful Tampa, Florida.  (Mark LoMoglio/NHLI)

Fans were cheering arsenic the players, each with their numbers and past names connected the backmost of the agleam orangish jerseys, made their mode into the stadium for their clash with the Bruins.

It was a batch antithetic than the regular blue, achromatic and achromatic jerseys the Lightning players are utilized to, but these throwback jerseys are a staple successful the Tampa area. The Bucs inactive deterioration them contiguous connected occasion, though it utilized to beryllium synonymous with losing erstwhile the franchise archetypal began successful 1976.

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The Bucs were an enlargement team, and they turned heads with their azygous colour choice. However, they went a whopping 0-26 successful them earlier yet coming distant with a triumph successful their 2nd season.

And it wasn’t conscionable the Lightning players the fans were cheering for. At the caput of the battalion were Bucs stars, backmost Baker Mayfield and near tackle Tristan Wirfs, starring the mode portion wearing the existent bluish sweater the hockey squad would don connected the crystal astatine Raymond James Stadium.

Brayden Point of the Tampa Bay Lightning arrives anterior to the 2026 NHL Stadium Series against the Boston Bruins astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Feb. 1, 2026 successful Tampa, Florida. (Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the Bruins besides had a shot taxable considering their chap NFL squad successful New England is going to the Super Bowl successful a week.

With the Patriots backmost successful the "Big Game," the Bruins showed up successful afloat Patriots outfits, looking similar our founding fathers arsenic they got disconnected the bus.

While the NHL and its teams are having amusive with this Stadium Series game, some of these squads are coming into the contention connected fire.

The Bruins and Lightning each ain an 8-1-1 grounds implicit their past 10 games, and the Lightning ain the Eastern Conference’s champion grounds astatine 34-14-4. The Bruins are not excessively acold behind, though, astatine 32-20-3.

David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins arrives dressed arsenic a Colonial Patriot earlier the 2026 NHL Stadium Series crippled betwixt the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Feb. 1, 2026 successful Tampa, Florida. (Brian Babineau/NHLI)

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Finally, hockey outdoors successful Florida is usually conducive, but the NHL volition really request a heater to get the crystal to the due somesthesia arsenic it’s an uncharacteristic 40 degrees connected Sunday night.

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