from Olivia Coryell of ESPN PressRoom,

NHL action on ESPN+ returns Saturday, September 23, beginning more than 30 live National Hockey League preseason, out-of-market games on ESPN+ ahead of the upcoming 2023-24 season.

Opening the NHL preseason – and available to all ESPN+ subscribers without blackouts – the Arizona Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings are set to face off in the 2023 NHL Global Series – Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24. Both games will start at 12:05 a.m. ET and mark the first-ever NHL games played in the Southern Hemisphere.

The regular season begins in North America on Tuesday, October 10, in a tripleheader Face-Off on ESPN and ESPN+. The Nashville Predators begin the season hosted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, before the highly anticipated debut of 2023 number-one draft pick Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks’ season opener continues in primetime against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The evening closes out with the Seattle Kraken facing off against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights.

continue for their full preseason schedule