2027 NHL Global Series Germany to characteristic Bruins, Oilers

Today’s announcement furthers the NHL’s and NHLPA’s long-term worldwide progress technique in Germany, which incorporates strategic funding in rising the sport by grassroots activations, content material and different fan engagement initiatives, and forging new, long-term enterprise partnerships. The NHL and NHLPA’s plans, as demonstrated right this moment, embody bringing extra dwell, common season video games to Germany. More particulars together with ticketing and opponents might be introduced through the 2026-27 common season.

“There is no better way to experience the speed, skill and excitement of NHL hockey than live and in person.  The National Hockey League is thrilled to bring our first-ever regular season games to the passionate fans in Munich and Cologne,” mentioned Bill Daly, NHL Deputy Commissioner. “These events represent an important step in our commitment to grow the game in Germany. By bringing more NHL games to one of Europe’s most dynamic hockey markets, we hope to continue to deepen engagement amongst our fans, partners and local communities, while at the same time creating a significant opportunity to grow the game throughout the country.”

“The NHL Global Series games in 2027 bring two of the NHL’s best players in Leon Draisaitl and JJ Peterka back to play in front of their hometown fans,” mentioned Marty Walsh, NHLPA Executive Director.  “Germany has a proud hockey tradition, and these NHL Global Series games are part of the League and NHLPA’s ongoing commitment to build meaningful connections between NHL players and the German marketplace.”

The upcoming 2027 NHL Global Series Germany video games in Munich and Cologne signify one other key milestone within the League’s increasing international footprint. The video games will mark the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh NHL Regular-Season video games performed in Germany, with the primary courting again to Oct. 8, 2011, when the Buffalo Sabres confronted the Los Angeles Kings at O2 World in Berlin. The NHL and NHLPA will carry NHL Regular Season video games to Germany for at the very least the following three seasons, beginning with this 12 months’s 2026 NHL Global Series Germany on December 18 and 20, 2026 at PSD Bank Dome, that includes the Ottawa Senators and Chicago Blackhawks. A whole historical past of NHL Regular-Season video games performed exterior North America could be discovered here.

The 2027 NHL Global Series Germany video games may also showcase the power of German-developed NHL expertise, led by native stars who proceed to raise the nation’s hockey presence on the worldwide stage. Edmonton Oilers’ ahead and Cologne native Leon Draisaitl is the highest-scoring German participant in NHL historical past, with greater than double the factors of the following highest scorer, and has earned a number of League awards since being drafted third total in 2014. In 2025-26, Draisaitl turned the primary German participant to report 1,000 profession NHL factors and captained the nation to its finest end at an Olympic event that featured NHL participation (sixth place) – topping Team Germany with seven factors in 5 video games. Draisaitl and NHLPA Goals & Dreams have partnered to donate 58 full units of hockey tools to Kölner Haie youth groups.

Boston Bruins’ ahead and Munich native JJ Peterka has topped the 20-goal mark in three of his 4 full NHL seasons, together with a 25-goal efficiency for the Utah Mammoth in 2025-26 (25-22—47 in 82 GP). A second-round draft decide (thirty fourth total) by the Buffalo Sabres in 2020, Peterka has already skated in 320 profession NHL video games on the age of 24, for the Sabres and Mammoth, scoring 92 objectives and including 105 assists for 197 factors – already among the many prime 10 German scorers in NHL historical past. He joined Draisaitl on the 2026 German Olympic Team at Milano/Cortina, contributing one objective and three assists in 5 video games.

The NHL continues to show its dedication to the long-term progress of hockey in Germany by grassroots applications and group engagement initiatives. Central to those efforts is the growth of NHL Street Hockey in areas reminiscent of North Rhine-Westphalia, serving to create an enduring legacy and broaden entry to the game in communities internet hosting NHL video games, alongside initiatives reminiscent of Hockey Day in Germany and the NHL Global Fan Tour. Looking forward, the League will develop its school-based initiatives, youth improvement applications and fan engagement actions, strengthening participation and serving to foster a brand new era of gamers, households and followers all through the nation.