Blackhawks crush Red Wings under new LED lights inside United Center

Did the United Center ice look different to you last night while you watched the Chicago Blackhawks hammer the Detroit Red Wings B-team 6-1 in Chicago’s preseason opener? Perhaps you were in attendance and thought there was an unexpected brightness to what you were looking at from the 300 Level.

It wasn’t your eyes.

Here’s what the inside of the United Center looked like from the press box during the 2016-17 season:

And here’s what it looked like last night:

Completely different look, isn’t it?