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Season desk · official league snapshot · 2026–27

Last night, and the league this morning.

The official league file: the next slate, all 32 clubs and the 2026-27 schedule.

League state right now 2026-27 season

Opening night: September 29, 2026, five games. The official schedule holds 1,344 regular-season games.

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1,344
league games
on snapshot
—
finals
on file
810
current roster
entries
32
club files
on the desk
185
game days
Sep to Apr
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Desk log
  • Opening night: September 29.1,344 regular-season games are on the official schedule.
  • One dated league file.Schedule, roster and standings rows come from one dated snapshot.
  • 2025-26 standings stay final.Final as of 2026-04-17. The table below is last season’s.
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Last night around the league

Standings archive →

The latest night of finals on file, dated in the heading: every final score with its OT or shootout mark and its winning goalie, then the ten boards those scores produce. Hover a score card and the boards narrow to that game.

official NHL boxscores · api-web.nhle.com
no ratings, no projections · ten boards, five deep · every figure one official count

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Pin your club

Team directory →

Pick one crest and this desk opens on it every visit: its next three games, its record and the file behind it. The pin lives on this device only.

official NHL roster and schedule snapshot 2026-08-11 · pin stored in this browser
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Tap a crest. The desk remembers it the next time you open this page.

Choose a crest on the club board ↓One rail, further down, previews every club.

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Next up

Every club schedule →

Regular season · Tuesday, September 29, 2026

official NHL schedule snapshot 2026-08-11 · times and venues can change

5 games

Records beside each crest are that club’s completed 2025-26 regular season. not a form guide · times and venues can change · split squads stay separate game IDs

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The league, one crest at a time

All team hubs →

Pick a crest for that club's 2026-27 opener, its completed-season record, the leading scorer it is bringing back, and the size of its roster and pipeline.

official NHL roster, schedule and standings snapshot · 2025-26 final table
32 clubs on the rail

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League leaders at a glance

Full season tables →

Who finished 2025-26 in front. Official regular-season summary totals for the completed season, the players the new season starts behind.

official NHL regular-season summaries · 2025-26 final · save percentage minimum 25 games

Every name opens that player’s complete file. For the full sortable season, and for every season back to 1990-91, use the historical stats room; for the runs and slumps behind these totals, the streaks desk; for what these same names are worth in your league, the fantasy ranker.

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Last season’s final table

Full standings archive →

The top eight of the completed 2025-26 regular season, as the official NHL standings endpoint recorded it.

final 2025-26 regular-season standings · official NHL standings endpoint

Open the full team directory for every final record, roster, schedule, Pressure profile, prospect system, and draft ledger.

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The league state today

How this is sourced →

What the league file says today: the clock, the shape of the schedule and the players on the books.

official NHL roster, schedule and standings snapshot 2026-08-11 · standings final 2026-04-17
—opening night, September 29
1,344league games on snapshot
810current roster entries
65preseason games
  • Regular seasonSep 29, 2026 → Apr 10, 2027185 game days, 84 per club, 32 clubs.
  • PreseasonSep 19 → Sep 26, 202665 exhibition games across 8 days; split-squad halves stay separate official game IDs.
  • Opening night5 games43 games fall inside the first seven days.
  • Busiest nightOctober 13, 202616 games on one date: the fullest board of the season.
  • Rosters on the books810 playersRoster snapshot on the league file. Waivers, assignments and recalls move this number.
  • Travel load377 back-to-backsLeague-wide total of club back-to-back sets on the published 2026-27 schedule.
  • Pipelines1,678 prospectsDrafted and signed players tracked behind the 32 club files.
  • Standings2025-26 finalFinal as of 2026-04-17. The table is last season’s.

official NHL API · snapshot 2026-08-11

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Within reach

Every player file →

For each active player the NHL publishes the next round number they are approaching and the total they are on now. These are the closest. Ten or fewer to go.

league milestone watch · api.nhle.com

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Regular-season milestones only. Every name opens that player’s complete file. playoff rows are carried in the file and deliberately not printed here

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Starting goalies

The full start board →

Tonight’s pairs as the source labels them: confirmed, probable, or still open. When there is no slate, this says so and names the date the starters return.

Daily Faceoff starting goalies

Reading the crease…

Confirmed, Probable, Unconfirmed and Unknown are the source’s own labels. an unconfirmed goaltender is never printed as confirmed

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