+ When does it start?
Late on Tuesday evening and night until Wednesday. The premiere offers three matches where the two most recent years' champions Florida receive Chicago at 23.00 Swedish time. Then follow New York Rangers–Pittsburgh (02.00) and Los Angeles–Colorado (04.30).
+ Olympic Games comeback.
Not since in Sochi 2014 have NHL players been in the Olympic Games. In February in Milan, the return takes place. The NHL makes an 18-day long break for the Olympic Games tournament which is played 11-22 February.
The latest Olympic Games tournament with NHL players saw Canada as the gold winner after the final victory over Sweden.
Six Olympic Games-nominated players per team were presented already in June, the rest of the squads will be announced around the New Year.
+ Florida is chasing a third in a row.
No team has won more than two Stanley Cup titles in a row since New York Islanders won four in a row, 1980-83. Now Florida Panthers are chasing their third title in a row after the two most recent years' final victories over Edmonton.
Swedish back clip Gustav Forsling and his team start the season, however, with two of their biggest stars long-term injured. Finnish center star and team captain Aleksander Barkov can miss the whole season due to a knee injury and nasty and point-rich Matthew Tkachuk is according to the prognosis away until December.
+ McDavid is chasing victory – with Edmonton
Superstar Connor McDavid, 28, continues to chase his first Stanley Cup title after the two most recent years' final losses. And it will also be with Edmonton. McDavid's contract expires after the season and when he had not extended – then the speculations started, especially since McDavid had been into that he "leaves all possibilities open".
The latest rumor was about Toronto, according to Sporting News.
McDavid's choice? Edmonton. The extension is about two years and also for the same salary as before, 12.5 million American dollars (just over 117 million Swedish kronor). Which is a good bit away from Kirill Kaprizov's record contract with Minnesota, which is worth 1.28 billion kronor over eight years, 160 million kronor per season.
+ NHL to Sweden.
NHL returns to Sweden when Nashville and Pittsburgh meet in two matches in Globen (Aviici arena) in Stockholm on the 14th and 16th of November. It will be a meeting with two big Tre Kronor stars in each team – Filip Forsberg in Nashville and Erik Karlsson in Pittsburgh.
+ Swedish profiles who have changed clubs
Several Swedish national team stars have changed NHL clubs during the summer:
Viktor Arvidsson, from Edmonton to Boston, André Burakovsky, from Seattle to Chicago, Victor Olofsson from Vegas to Colorado, Isac Lundeström from Anaheim to Columbus, Emil Heineman from Montreal to New York Islanders, John Klingberg, Edmonton to San Jose, Pontus Holmberg, Toronto to Tampa Bay, Gustav Nyquist, from Minnesota to Winnipeg.
+ Will the Olympic Games plans hold for Landeskog?
Forward star Gabriel Landeskog made a comeback in the spring after his almost three-year-long struggle with a knee injury. It became five playoff matches with Colorado where he made four points, one goal and three assists.
Now he is with from the beginning of the season for the first time since 2021. The Colorado captain is pre-nominated for the Tre Kronor Olympic Games squad and a Landeskog in old good shape is a huge asset for the national team.
But will the knee hold for the frequent match play in the NHL?
+ Traded twice – NHL debut with Nashville?
Forward talent David Edstrom, 20, is one of the new NHL Swedes. He left Frölunda in the spring and is now trying to take a place in Nashville. Despite not having played a match, Nashville is his third NHL club.
Edstrom was drafted by Vegas, was traded to San Jose and was then included in a trade with Nashville.
Another interesting newcomer is defensive promise Axel Sandin-Pellikka who left Skellefteå for Detroit, where he has received praise during the preseason.
Last season, a total of 97 Swedes played in the NHL.
Best Swedes last season:
Points: Jesper Bratt, New Jersey, 88 (21 goals+67 assists).
Goals: William Nylander, Toronto, 45.
Defenders, points: Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo, 68 (17+51).
Wins, save percentage, goalkeepers: Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota, 31 wins, 91.4 percent.
+ The latest years' Stanley Cup winners.
2025: Florida, 2024: Florida, 2023: Vegas, 2022: Colorado, 2021: Tampa Bay, 2020: Tampa Bay, 2019: St Louis, 2018: Washington, 2017: Pittsburgh, 2016: Pittsburgh.
