NHL Season Preview
via te NHL PR department,
RETURN TO OVERSEAS ACTION DROPS FIRST PUCK OF 2022-23. . .
On the heels of a season that witnessed 6.3 goals per game played – the most in an NHL season since 1995-96 (6.3) – the 2022-23 regular-season schedule begins Oct. 7 when the Sharks and Predators clash for the first of back-to-back games at O2 Arena in Prague, Czechia as part of the 2022 NHL Global Series.
* This is the fifth time in NHL history that opening day will include at least one regular-season game played outside North America. The other instances came in 2010-11 (CAR at MIN: Oct. 7, 2010), 2008-09 (NYR at TBL: Oct 4, 2008 & PIT at OTT: Oct. 4, 2008), 2007-08 (ANA at LAK: Sept. 29, 2007) and 1998-99 (SJS at CGY: Oct. 9, 1998).
* Nashville also will begin its regular-season schedule overseas for a second time, after starting their third NHL campaign (2000-01) with a back-to-back set against Pittsburgh at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Oct. 6, 2000 and Oct. 7, 2000. Overall, 23 different clubs have started their regular-season slate overseas: San Jose is set to do so for the third time (also 1998-99 & 2010-11), tying Anaheim (1997-98, 2007-08 & 2011-12) for the most among all teams....
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