How Many Games Is the NHL Season?
The NHL season is 82 games long.
This is the minimum number of games that must be played in order for the Stanley Cup to be awarded.
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The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. The NHL’s regular season runs from October to early April, with each team playing 82 games.
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The NHL regular season is 82 games long, which is split evenly between home and away games. Each team plays every other team in its conference four times, and every team in the other conference twice.
