. >> reporter: jimmy hays and frank grew up miles away from gillette watching and rooting for the pats. they say it's an incredible feeling to play in the winter classic. >> i'm really excited. i'ming in massachusetts, you know, playing where the patriots are for the bruins. >> reporter: all three told us this game is as important as it is special. they know how tight the stopping are as first place is on the line. alex corddry, 7 news. >> adam: putting gillette stadium on ice was so easy task. it took crews almost a full week to get it ready for the big game. jonathan hall got a lesson into what went into making gillette stadium winter classic worth. >> reporter: the nhl has been hosting this winter classic outside since 2008. six years ago it was at fenway park. what a time that was. and in all that time the league has learned a thing or two about how to make the playing conditions as good as possible. it took a ton of time and effort but in this nhl time lapsed video you can see it all come together. gillette stadium patriots country transforming into the home of the 2016 winter cla

and we will see what happens. time replace marchand in line up doer chest are jimmy hays dealing with ticket related headaches. 22. yeah. i had to buy them all. christmas gifts i guess. max getting ready fourth winter class scopic most meaningful one yet. appreciate it even more. i feel these family skates are so fun because you know, my son's about two years old and first time on skates. yeah, so, i had to go bro going these memory you will cher rick forever. even more memorable if you come out on top. regular season game. but at the same time it's a special moment for everyone. and you want to play your best. >>> now both teams will be on the ice in foxboro tomorrow for practice. then the alumni game takes center stage at 3:30. live in newsroom trey daerr, search news night team. you can catch aum action from winter classic right here on 7 nbc. puck drops 1:00 p.m. again new year's day be sure to stay tuned for complete post game coverage right here after the game. as boston prepares to ring in putting safety first for first night. this is from first night last year. and this year y

ryan spooner centering kicks off goal and jimmy hays and a bruins take two-0 lead. too can rask stopping all 34 shots. also benefitted from fair share of posts and mischances. bruins blank the penguins 3-0 the final. celtics in detroit i is a thomas had stroke going tonight. dropping three of his 38 matching career high celtics down by 3 at half time. they turned it over 18 times. and pistons made them pay called steal. he had career high 31 tonight. and former bc eagle reggie jackson was nails down the stretch scoring 12 straight. pistons points late in fourth yaur celtics lose it one 19-116 their second straight loss. >> play of the day. brought to you by capital 1. back to the palace andre shoots 37 percent from the free throw line. how about from half court. how's this look? how about perfect. nothing but net. drum ones first three ball this season is good for our play of the day. >> and a few former red sox finding new homes daniel inking a one year deal with angels, while mike napoli is off to cleveland on a one-wear contract. that's sports. >> all right joe,

jimmy hays picking up puck in fronts. cashing in his six of the year one-0 bruins out front. senator get tied at one on power play, bs strike again. tory find nifty move. boston back on top two-one. bergeron with 13 goals in 35 games. just over a minute into the second, matt adds to axe. slamming home rebound another power play goal bruins edge 3-one. this third bergeron and aings all scoring again haze netting first decree hat track following stretch he post ad lone goal in last 21 games. bruins heading into classic with a seven-3 win. >> just nice to see jimmy there he hasn't had much luck in the production i guess hear for a while. so, you know, we played online tonight i saw played really well lowly laker come calling tomorrow night celtics will have goal enopportunity to one inning with streak to 5 straight. not going big story line not with kobe bryant retirement tour making one and only stop through boston. kobe, making his final visit to garden celtics players and fans alike have a chance to show their respect for future hall-of-famer bradley six years old when kobe b

find production up and down the line to fill the void and a guy not even guaranteed a roster spot, jimmy hays, was one of the least likely you expect to do it. bruins in the garden the final taking on ottowa, hayes a dorchester native netting a first career hat trick where he posted a lone goal on his first 21 games. bruins heading into the classic with a 7. >> 3 win against ottowa. >> kobe bryant making his last game against the celtics. last time. >> he is an amazing player. i'm happy i got a caption to even be on the same court as him. and i just wish the best for him. i know that he has had an amazing career and, you know, he's definitely been one of the reasons why i played this game and like i said i respect him so much and appreciate everything that he brought to the game. >> and chip kelly fired his head coach of the eagle the new hampshire native was 26-21 in three years in philly. that's it for sports. have a great day. prayers left tackle sebastian fullmar is not expected to miss the rest of the condition. he will be able to return in time for the playoffs. he suffered an injury to

we go. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: after that, trump was like, "i'm now banning all bald eagles from america. [ laughter ] they're not american. how' my hai??" [ laughter ] that's right, everybody's still talking about donald trump. i heard that he skipped an r.n.c. event here in new york city today, called the presidential trust dinner. even though his campaign said he would go. then chris christie said, "so does that mean there's an extra plate at the dinner, errrr?" [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: "i'm just saying, i'm putting it out there." i also saw that -- [ laughter ] like, i'm not chris christie. i have a ticket to go to the diirnner as well. [ laughter ] >> steve: mmm, more food. >> jimmy: i would never come in here. >> seth: yeah. >> jimmy: i mean, i would never come in here twice. [ laughter ] and come out. that would be silly of me. >> steve: can you hand me the bread from that table? [ laughter ] >> jimuy: i saw that carly fiorina spoke about tech policy at a town hall in iowa this week. and it doesn't look like that many people showed up. ttake a look at this. [ laughter ] that looks less like a town hall