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Throughout the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), there has been a long-standing tradition of international games played by NHL teams. The following is a list of games played by NHL teams against other NHL teams and non-NHL teams outside the United States and Canada, as well games played by NHL teams in the United States and Canada against non-North American teams.
The first NHL international games were held as part of the 1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour, where the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens played a nine-game series in various cities in England and France from April 21 to May 14.[1] That first game played on April 21, 1938 was the first one organized by any major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, to take place outside North America. Since then, the league has staged games throughout Europe and in Japan, China, and Australia. While most NHL international games have been exhibition or preseason contests, the first ones to count towards the league's regular seasons standings were held in October 3–4, 1997, when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Vancouver Canucks played a two-game series in Japan to open the 1997–98 regular season.
In the tables below:
- Bolded team names denote winners.
- † Indicates regular season games.
Europe
1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour
In 1938, for the first time in NHL history two of the league's teams, the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens, went on a tour of Europe with a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1.
| Date | City | Arena | Team | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 21 | London, United Kingdom | Empress Hall, Earl's Court | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 5–4 (OT) |
| April 23 | Brighton, United Kingdom | Sports Stadium Brighton | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 5–5 |
| April 25 | Paris, France | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 10–8 | |
| April 27 | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | ||
| April 29 | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 7–5 | ||
| May 5 | London, United Kingdom | Empress Hall, Earl's Court | 6–3 | ||
| May 7 | Brighton, United Kingdom | Sports Stadium Brighton | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 10–5 |
| May 10 | London, United Kingdom | Empress Hall, Earl's Court | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 5–4 |
| May 14 | Brighton, United Kingdom | Sports Stadium Brighton | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 |
1959 Boston Bruins–New York Rangers European tour
In 1959, the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers (aided by Bobby Hull, Ed Litzenberger, Eric Nesterenko, and Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Black Hawks[2]) went on a 23-game tour of Europe, visiting England, Switzerland, France, Belgium, West Germany, and Austria. The Rangers won the series with a record of 11–9–3.
The first game in Geneva was attended by a sell-out crowd of 11,000, the attendance for the Zürich games was 4500 and 2000.[3] In Berlin, only 600 people went to see the first game.[4][5]
| Date | City | Arena | Team | Team | Score | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29 | London, United Kingdom | Empire Pool, Wembley[6] | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 7–5 | |
| April 30 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 4–3 | |||
| May 2 | Geneva, Switzerland | Patinoire des Vernets | 4–3 | 11,000 | ||
| May 3 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 12–4 | |||
| May 4 | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | Patinoire de Boulogne-Billancourt[7][8] | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 6–2 | |
| May 5 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 6–4 | |||
| May 6 | Antwerp, Belgium | Sportpaleis[9] | 6–3 | |||
| May 7 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 6–3 | |||
| May 8 | 8–4 | |||||
| May 9 | Zürich, Switzerland | Hallenstadion | 7–6 | 4,500 | ||
| May 10 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 4–2 | 2,000 | ||
| May 12 | Dortmund, West Germany | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | 4–2 | ||
| May 13 | Boston Bruins | New York Rangers | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_international_games_played_by_NHL_teams