Country music legend Tim McGraw will perform at the highly anticipated outdoor game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium.
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins will make history at the 2026 NHL Stadium Series game at Raymond James Stadium, so it’s only fitting that a music legend has been selected as the headline entertainment.
Grammy Award-winning country star Tim McGraw will perform at the first-ever NHL game to be played in a football stadium in the state of Florida. He’ll sing hit songs like “Live Like You Were Dying,” “Something Like That” and “I Like It, I Love It” during the game’s first intermission on a stage alongside the rink.
McGraw has sold a whopping 106 million records worldwide and secured 49 No. 1 singles in his decades-long career. On top of being one of the most successful touring acts in the history of country music, he has four New York Times bestselling books and has acted in works like “Friday Night Lights, “The Blind Side” and the “Yellowstone” prequel, “1883.”
The 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series outdoor game is set for Feb. 1, 2026, at Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The league will build a regulation-size rink on the field inside a steel-framed, air-conditioned tent to protect it from the elements. The tent, which will span 34 feet high, 125 feet wide and 240 feet long, will be dismantled right before the game.
The NHL Stadium Series game at Raymond James Stadium comes after the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers faced off in front of a sold-out crowd of 36,153 at loanDepot park in Miami. That game, which happened on Jan. 2, was the first-ever outdoor hockey game in Florida.
Limited tickets for the Lightning-Bruins NHL Stadium Series game are still available via Ticketmaster.