The NHL is bringing the Bruins and Oilers to Germany for the 2027 Global Series, with both clubs set for regular-season games in two of the country’s biggest hockey markets.
Boston will head to Munich, the home city of newly acquired winger JJ Peterka, and play at SAP Garden. The Bruins’ German connection runs deeper than that, too, with Lukas Reichel in the group and Marco Sturm serving as the first-ever German NHL head coach.
Edmonton will get its games in Cologne, Leon Draisaitl’s native city, at Lanxess Arena.
The league said the opponents and game times for both teams will be announced during the 2026-27 NHL season.
These matchups will be the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh NHL games played in Germany. The first came on Oct. 8, 2011, when the Buffalo Sabres met the Los Angeles Kings at O2 World in Berlin.
Germany will also host the 2026 NHL Global Series later this year, with the Ottawa Senators and Chicago Blackhawks scheduled to play at PSD Bank Dome on Dec. 18 and 20, 2026. The NHL’s international calendar also includes two games in Finland, where the Seattle Kraken and Carolina Hurricanes will meet in Helsinki on Nov. 12 and 14, 2026.
Boston has played two regular-season games outside North America before, splitting a two-game set with the Arizona Coyotes in October 2010. The Bruins lost the opener 5-2 and won the second game 3-0. They also took part in the NHL’s China Games in 2018, facing the Calgary Flames in two preseason games in Shenzhen and Beijing, and they were in West Germany during a 23-game European exhibition tour with the New York Rangers in 1959.
Edmonton’s last game outside North America came in 2018, when the Oilers faced the New Jersey Devils in Gothenburg, Sweden, in the league’s Global Series.
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