Each team will play 56 regular-season games, which will be squeezed into what’s tentatively scheduled as a 116-day stretch ending on May 8.It includes an NHL first: An all-Canadian North Division made up the nation’s seven teams will play each other nine or 10 times.
The three remaining eight-team divisions have all U.S. teams, which will face each division foe eight times. Though the playoffs are set to open May 11, that date could be pushed back in the event the league is required to reschedule games amid the pandemic.Though the schedule is set, much remains undetermined, including game times.