The NHL season begins in Prague, makes a stop in Finland in November and there are more than 1,200 games to be played around North America.
The Florida Panthers raise their first Stanley Cup championship banner and the Utah Hockey Club plays its first game since moving from Arizona as part of a tripleheader to truly debut the season on Oct.
8. Not long after, San Jose hopes to see the debut of No. 1 pick Macklin Celebrini. What follows is a six-month dash to the playoffs until the final day of the regular season on April 17.
Alex Ovechkin is 42 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's career record, while Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Auston Matthews are again expected to be in the MVP race.
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