from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

Even before the numbers are recorded for the game Monday at Citi Field, this unlikely matchup between the Rangers and Sabres was the least-hyped Winter Classic yet. There was no alumni event, no preceding indoor matchup to serve as an appetizer. It would have been a reach even for NBC to cast these two New York state reps for Wednesday Night Rivalry Night.

But that made no difference at all while they played the Granddaddy of Them All in frigid Queens. If it is a given that all politics are local, it is equally true that these outdoor games are spectacles that are savored in their respective local markets and by the athletes who participate in them. The NHL hit it out of the park again.

“I could easily play one every year and not get tired of it,” Henrik Lundqvist said after improving his and his team’s all-time outdoor record to 4-0 with their 3-2 overtime victory in which J.T. Miller got the walk-off. “It doesn’t get old to me.”

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