Penguins, Sabres to play outdoor game

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Sidney Crosby will show off his passing skills at the same place Jim Kelly did for years -- in front of shivering fans at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium.

It'll be pucks instead of footballs and the home team will be the Sabres and not the Bills.

Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins will face Buffalo on New Year's Day in the first outdoor NHL game in the United States. It will be the second time the league staged such an event in the regular season, coming more than four years after the Montreal Canadiens faced the Oilers outside on a frigid November day in Edmonton.

The announcement was made Monday at the 74,000-seat stadium, where the league attendance record is expected to be broken.

-- AP