The NHL will be taking its 2022-23 season international with regular-season games as well as exhibition contests in Finland, Germany, Switzerland, and Czech Republic.
The 2022 NHL Global Series Challenge, and the 2022 NHL Global Series Challenge are both part of the 2022 NHL Global Series. Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks, Columbus Blue Jackets Colorado Avalanche. This is the first NHL regular-season game played outside North America since 2019.
Opening the regular season, the Sharks and Predators will play in Prague at the O2 Arena. After two games in Japan in 2000 and 2001, it will be the first regular-season game the Predators have played in Europe. Sharks boast one of the largest Czech-born stars in their team. Tomas Hertl.
A pair of regular-season games between the Blue Jackets and Avalanche are scheduled for Nov. 4, and 5, in Tampere (Finland). Blue Jackets are proud to have a Finnish-born winger. Patrik LaineColorado, however, has Finnish-born Mikko Rantanen.
The 2022 NHL Global Series Challenge will include exhibition games in Germany and Switzerland. SC Bern will be facing the Predators on October 3 at PostFinance Arena, Bern, Switzerland. Roman JosiBern, where the Predators are playing, will be home to them.
The Sharks will take on Eisbären Berlin at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 4
Predators and Sharks will have completed their training camps in Europe prior to their games in Prague.