NHL regular season

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The NHL regular season is the main portion of the National Hockey League schedule in which teams play a set number of games to determine standings and qualification for the postseason.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ice hockey season
sports season
awardAssociated Art Ross Trophy
Calder Memorial Trophy
Hart Memorial Trophy
Jack Adams Award
James Norris Memorial Trophy
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy
Vezina Trophy
broadcastOn national television networks in Canada
national television networks in the United States
regional sports networks
competitionFormat round-robin schedule
country Canada
United States
determines Presidents' Trophy winner
home-ice advantage in playoffs
playoff seeding
feature divisional games
inter-conference games
intra-conference games
followedBy NHL playoffs
follows NHL preseason
gameCountPerTeam 82 games in modern era
governingRules NHL rulebook
hasStandingsBy conference
division
league
historicalStart 1917–18 NHL season
includes Heritage Classic in some seasons
NHL Stadium Series in some seasons
NHL Winter Classic in some seasons
outdoor games in some seasons
involves all active NHL member clubs
location NHL arenas in North America
organizer National Hockey League
partOf National Hockey League schedule
purpose determine league standings
determine playoff qualification
sport ice hockey
statisticsTracked assists
goals
goals-against average
penalty minutes
plus-minus
points
save percentage
shutouts
wins for goaltenders
teamCount 32 teams in modern era
timeframe typically runs from October to April
uses overtime and shootout to break ties in regular-season games
points system for standings
salary cap era rules in modern seasons

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