Carolina Hurricanes and Seattle Kraken to play games in Helsinki in November

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FILE - Seattle Kraken right wing Kaapo Kakko (84) breaks away with the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, March 2, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes and Seattle Kraken are set to play two games in Finland next season as part of the NHL’s Global Series.

The league and the players’ association announced Monday that Carolina and Seattle will face off Nov. 12 and 14 in the Finnish capital of Helsinki. The Kraken are heading abroad for the first time in their sixth season of existence and the Hurricanes for the second time and first since 2010.

Each team has a pair of Finns currently on its roster: Sebastian Aho and Jesperi Kotkaniemi for Carolina and Kaapo Kakko and Eeli Tolvanen for Seattle. All but Tolvanen are under contract for next season.

The NHL has staged 42 regular-season games in Europe since 2007 and has two more scheduled for Germany in December with Ottawa and Chicago set to play in Duesseldorf in December. Veikkaus Arena in Helsinki, formerly known as Hartwall Arena, has been the site of seven of the games, most recently in 2018 between Florida and Winnipeg.

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FILE – Carolina Hurricanes center, Sebastian Aho (20) controls the puck in the second period against the Seattle Kraken of an NHL hockey game March 2, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Kevin Ng, File)

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