Nhl season length history. The nhl format is a three round shootout with tiebreaker rounds as. Nhl commissioner gary bettman announces the addition of a franchise in las vegas that will begin play in the 2017 18 season bringing the nhl to 31 teams. For the 201718 season the nhl regular season formula was adjusted to account for the addition of the vegas golden knights.
Most statistics are per team per game averages. 24 in the united states and 7 in canada. The national hockey league nhl.
Ligue nationale de hockeylnh is a professional ice hockey league in north america currently comprising 31 teams. Save percentage does not include empty net goals and may be different than league wide average seen elsewhere. Nhl centennial classic name and logo nhl centennial season.
Since the 199596 season each team in the nhl plays 82 regular season games 41 each of home and road. History of the national hockey league 19421967 and original six. During the original six era the nhl played in a single six team division.
From wikipedia the free encyclopedia the 201920 nhl season is the 103rd season of operation 102nd season of play of the national hockey league. This reduced the number of teams to six starting the original six era. 1976 77 when montreal went 60 8 12 good for an nhl record 132 points and a 825 points percentage.
The nhl is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world and one of the major professional sports leagues in the united states and canada. Prior to the 194243 season the new york americans suspended operations. In all 1271 games are scheduled 480 of them inter conference.
This date in history. Click on the season for league statistics leaders and standings. The official national hockey league website including news rosters stats schedules teams and video.