There have been weather delays previously in the Classic.

“We’ve dealt with it before, so we’ll deal with it again if we have to,” said Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports. “If we do run into rain we will stay as long as we can. We’ll play it Monday night if necessary. And if we can’t get any play in on Monday, we’ll carry it over and we’ll play it on Tuesday. We’re hopeful that everything cooperates. We’ve all been looking at the weather, we’re all well aware of what the pitfalls are.”

There could be another “pitfall” for some fans. It was reported Thursday by several news outlets that Charter Communications, the area’s largest cable TV provider, is an a contract dispute with NBC and is threatening to pull its programming beginning Sunday.

If the game is pushed back to Tuesday it would be a night game and shown on NBCSN, the cable component of NBC Sports Group.

“For the fans planning on attending, we beg your indulgence in advance if weather’s an issue because we’re going to have to be flexible,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in an interview with Kevin Wheeler of WXOS (101.1 FM).