When Does the NHL Season Start?

The NHL season is set to start on October 2nd, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a possibility that it could be delayed.

2019-2020 NHL Season

The NHL season is set to start on October 2nd, 2019. This will be the 102nd season of the National Hockey League. The season will start with four games, two of which will be in Europe.

Pre-season

The National Hockey League (NHL) regular season starts in October and ends in April, with each team playing 82 games. The Stanley Cup Playoffs follow the regular season, beginning in April and ending in June with the Stanley Cup Finals.

Pre-season games are not included in the 82 game regular season tally. These games give NHL coaches a chance to evaluate their players in game conditions and make final roster decisions before the start of the regular season.

The pre-season schedule is typically released in late June or early July, with training camp opening a few weeks later. The regular season schedule is normally released in late August or early September.

Regular season

The 2019–20 NHL season is the 103rd season of operation (102nd season of play) of the National Hockey League. 1,271 games are scheduled to be played from October 2, 2019, to April 4, 2020. The regular season will end on April 4, 2020.

When does the NHL Season Start?

The NHL season is set to start on January 13th, 2021. This will be a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be 56 games played in the regular season, which is down from the usual 82 games. The playoffs are set to start in May, and the Stanley Cup Finals will be in June.

October 2, 2019

The 2019-20 NHL season will begin on Wednesday, October 2. All 31 teams will be in action that night, with the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues hosting the Washington Capitals at Enterprise Center.

The remaining schedule for Opening Night will feature nine other games, highlighted by the Boston Bruins playing host to the Dallas Stars at TD Garden and the Vegas Golden Knights raising their Western Conference championship banner before facing the San Jose Sharks at T-Mobile Arena.

The 2019-20 regular season will conclude on Saturday, April 4. The Stanley Cup Playoffs will begin a few days later, on Wednesday, April 8.

How many games are in an NHL season?

The National Hockey League season is upon us! This year, the NHL regular season will run from Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 to Sunday, April 4th, 2020. All in all, there are 1,271 games. Of those 1,271 games, 1,146 are conference games and 125 are non-conference games.

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The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 member clubs: 24 in the United States and 6 in Canada. It is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, [1] and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, [2] is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

The National Hockey League was organized on November 26, 1917, with seven Canadian and two American teams, [3] based in Montreal, New York City, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, and St. Louis respectively. The NHL expanded for the first time since 1917 prior to the 1926–27 season when it added two more American teams: the Detroit Cougars (now the Red Wings) from Windsor, Ontario; and the New York Americans from Brooklyn. With this six-team league playing an unbalanced schedule with each team playing 44 or more games (all against conference rivals), several suspension threats dissipated quickly as players were suspended only if they had committed an offense while playing against their own conference rivals. The NHL’s first bigwave of expansion occured in 1942 when it doubledin size withthe adition ofthe Brooklyn Americans (disbanded by1946),the Pittsburgh Hornetsandthe New York Rangersfromthe Eastern Amateur Hockey League(EAHL),andthe Canadiens de Québec fromthe Quebec Amateur Hockey Association(QAHA).