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NHL announces 12 exhibition games, qualifiers schedule

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 14, 2020 7:29 PM ET

Ahead of the 24-team NHL restart to crown a 2019-20 Stanley Cup champion that officially begins on Aug. 1, each club will play one exhibition warmup contest.

Hockey. In July.

12 exhibition games are on the schedule later this month ahead of the #StanleyCup Qualifiers. https://t.co/64XfKl1jJy pic.twitter.com/ApuIKYP2M2
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) July 14, 2020

A tripleheader starts things off on July 28. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will resume hockey's battle over Pennsylvania bragging rights under unique circumstances. Bubble site hosts the Toronto Maple Leafs will face the Montreal Canadiens. Western Conference hub hosts the Edmonton Oilers will take on the Calgary Flames in the nightcap.

Six more games will occur on July 29. A second tripleheader is scheduled for July 30.

Additionally, the NHL also announced the schedule for Aug. 1 Stanley Cup Qualifiers:

Start times for the first five days of the #StanleyCup Qualifiers are locked in, beginning with about 15 hours of action on Saturday, Aug. 1. https://t.co/o4BjkRgvSm pic.twitter.com/nQlzPnl8oh
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) July 14, 2020

The best-of-five schedules can be found here.

Teams travel to the hub cities on July 26.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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