Overview
- The NHL, which announced the series Monday, set games for Nov. 12 and 14 at Helsinki’s Veikkaus Arena with 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. local start times.
- Seattle will play its first regular-season games outside North America, with morning puck drops for West Coast viewers at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Pacific.
- Carolina returns to the Finnish capital after a 2010 visit, as the league expands next season’s European slate to at least four games including Senators–Blackhawks in Düsseldorf on Dec. 18–19.
- Finnish stars headline both rosters, with the Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho and Jesperi Kotkaniemi and the Kraken’s Kaapo Kakko, Eeli Tolvanen and Jani Nyman welcoming a hometown stage.
- Veikkaus Arena, formerly Hartwall Arena, reopens to NHL play after a closure tied to prior Russian ownership and sanctions, marking Helsinki’s first NHL games there since 2018 as part of the Global Series program of regular-season games held in Europe.