NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement during his press conference at 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend.
Commissioner Bettman said the NHL will hold preseason games in Switzerland and Germany, and regular-season games in Finland and the Czech Republic.
The teams, dates and cities for the games were not announced.
"Internationally for us is a no-brainer," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said. "We had established momentum in terms of having a greater and more regular presence of games in Europe. With the pandemic waning and hopefully a return to normalcy, it only makes sense to restart those efforts and to further them."
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The NHL has not played a game outside of North America since Nov. 9, 2019, when the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm as part of the 2019 NHL Global Series.
The Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators were scheduled to play in the 2020 NHL Global Series, with preseason games in Mannheim, Germany and Bern, Switzerland, and regular-season games in Prague, Czech Republic, but it was canceled because the start to the 2020-21 season was delayed, a result of the coronavirus pandemic that forced the pause to the 2019-20 season.
The NHL played 32 preseason games and 28 regular-season games in Europe from 2007-11 (NHL Premiere) and 2017-19 (NHL Global Series).
Regular-season games were played in Stockholm (12), Helsinki (seven), Prague (four), London (two), Berlin (one) and Gothenburg, Sweden (one).