The 2026-27 NHL season is officially here and with it comes a big change to the format hockey fans have become familiar with.

The NHL 2026-2027 season is going to be very exciting to see which of the 32 teams in the league will win their divisions and make it into the playoffs for a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup in the final series.

For the first time, the puck is dropping in September for the regular season.

Local sports fans and businesses are figuring out how they'll tune in to NHL games this year, as the CBC will not be airing NHL games on Hockey Night in Canada for free for the first time in almost 75 years.

Both are expected to challenge for the Metro Division title. Plus, what to watch in the other four games, updated stat leaders and more.

The two teams have played a pair of absurd, silly, seesaw contests with 27 total goals scored to open the new season.

Ethan Wyttenbach returns after leading the nation in scoring and earning top freshman honors.

Tristan Luneau signed a six-year, $43.2 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. It has an average annual value of $7.2 million. The 22-year-old defenseman has 14 games of NHL experience,

It is hard to imagine a more surprising contract situation in the NHL right now than the one involving Anaheim Ducks defenseman Tristan Luneau. According to NHL insider Elliotte F