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.
2020–21 NHL season - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–21_NHL_seasonThe 2020–21 NHL season was the 104th season of operation (103rd season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was reduced to 56 games and began on January 13, 2021. Due to COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada, the league temporarily realigned for this season, putting all seven Canadian teams into one division. COVID-19 outbreaks caused the games of most tea…