<Li> The St. Louis Blues' home arena was renamed from Scottrade Center to Enterprise Center on July 1, 2018 . </Li> <Li> The Toronto Maple Leafs' home arena was renamed from the Air Canada Centre to Scotiabank Arena on July 1, 2018 . </Li> <P> The regular season will begin on October 3, 2018, and will end on April 6, 2019 . Each team will receive a five - day "bye week", all of which will take place in mid-January . The regular season schedule was released on June 21 . </P> <P> Three regular season games, branded as the NHL Global Series, will be played in Europe . The Edmonton Oilers will play against the New Jersey Devils at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 6, 2018 . The Florida Panthers and Winnipeg Jets will play two games at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland on November 1 and 2, 2018 . </P>

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