2021–22 NHL season - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–22_NHL_seasonThe league returned to its normal October-to-April, 82-game regular season. The entire schedule was released on July 22, with October 12 planned for opening night. The league plans to hold the following outdoor games: • The Winter Classic was played on January 1, 2022. The Minnesota Wild hosted the St. Louis Blues at Target Field. This was originally scheduled for 2021, but was postponed due to the pandemic.
2021–22 NHL season - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2021–22_NHL_seasonThe 2021–22 season is the first of the NHL's new national media rights agreements in the United States, following the expiration of the league's contract with NBC Sports after the previous season. In negotiating its media rights, the NHL aimed to surpass the US$2 billion total that NBC paid over the life of their 2011–21 contract.