The Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators will face off in a pair of regular-season games in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the 2017 SAP NHL Global Series, the league announced Friday.
The games will be play played at the Ericsson Globe on Friday, Nov. 10, and Saturday, Nov. 11.
"We have more Swedish players than ever in the NHL, and we are extremely pleased that the 2017 SAP NHL Global Series will allow us to showcase a number of those players, with their NHL teams, in their homeland," said commissioner Gary Bettman. "The return of regular-season NHL games to the international stage will provide yet another highlight for our Centennial celebration."
Both team captains - Erik Karlsson and Gabriel Landeskog - hail from Sweden, and it will be extra special for the latter, a Stockholm native.
"It's really exciting," Landeskog said. "Who thought they would have been able to play NHL games in your hometown. It'll be surreal to do that. Stockholm is such a great hockey town and a great city overall. I'll be really excited to show the boys around and show the team staff around the city."
The games will mark the first to be played outside North America since 2011, when four teams opened their regular seasons in various rinks around Europe.
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