Yankee Stadium Will Host Two N.H.L. Games The N.H.L. officially announced two games at Yankee Stadium in January, the latest of what will become a series of outdoor stadium games next season. The first, between the Rangers and the Devils, will be Jan. 26 at 12:30 p.m., followed by a game between the Rangers and the Islanders on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. The games will serve as a prelude of sorts for another outdoor game scheduled for the New York area: the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium on Feb. 2. They will be the first hockey games played at the new Yankee Stadium, which holds 50,287 for baseball but has an undetermined hockey capacity, and the first professional hockey games played outdoors in New York City, according to the league. The games, which had been widely reported in the news media for weeks, will be two of six played outdoors next season. The league previously announced one on March 1 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings at Soldier Field, the home stadium of the Chicago Bears, and another on Jan. 25, between the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium. The Winter Classic will be held on Jan. 1, as usual, featuring the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. "The innovative nature of the Stadium Series affords the opportunity to have all three N.H.L. teams in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area play, outdoors, at one of the most-recognized stadiums in the world," Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. We'll be able to create a multifaceted, multiday experience for our fans, and we thank the teams, Coors Light, the New York Yankees and Yankee Stadium for their support of this memorable N.H.L. event. The Rangers participated in the 2012 Winter Classic, playing the Flyers at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park. New York's largest baseball stadium has long been talked about as a future outdoor venue. "We have long thought that Yankee Stadium would be a great venue for outdoor hockey," Lonn Trost, chief operating officer of the Yankees, said in a statement. In addition to being a first-class baseball facility, Yankee Stadium was designed to house unique and memorable events, such as the N.H.L. Stadium Series.