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This is the mode of the 2021-22 NHL season
Seattle The North American professional ice hockey league NHL is returning to the old mode after the shortened Corona season. With the Seattle Kraken there is a 32nd team from this season. An overview of the course of the game time.
After the shortened Corona season, the North American professional ice hockey league NHL is returning to its old mode. Each club will play 82 games again in the regular season, which ends on April 29th. The game of the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning against the Pittsburgh Penguins (1.30 a.m.) and the newcomer Seattle Kraken at the Vegas Golden Knights (4.00 a.m. / both Sky) will start on Wednesday night.
In addition, the division of the divisions that has become necessary due to the corona – including a purely Canadian one – will be reset to the well-known system before the pandemic (Pacific, Central, Atlantic and Metropolitan Division).
There is another adjustment: With the Seattle Kraken around national goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer there is a 32nd team in the best league in the world from this season. The Kraken play in the Pacific Division, but the Arizona Coyotes move to the Central Division. The new task appeals to Grubauer: “You are part of a team that makes history,” he says, “you are the first team that will ever play for Seattle. That’s incredible.”
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There are also open-air games again – there are three in the season: The Winter Classic Minnesota against St. Louis (January 1) at the ballpark in Minneapolis, followed by the Stadium Series between Nashville and Tampa (February 26) in the Football arena and finally the Heritage Classic Toronto versus Buffalo (March 13) at the football stadium in Hamilton.
The best eight teams from the Eastern and Western Conference qualify for the play-offs, which begin on May 4th. From the round of 16 to the Stanley Cup final, the “best of seven” mode (four wins are necessary) is played. In the event of a tie after 60 minutes, the game will continue to play in 20-minute intervals until a goal is scored (“sudden death”). Unlike in the preliminary round, the game is played with five against five.
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