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(Reuters) – The National Hockey League (NHL) will hold four regular-season games in Sweden next season featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators and Minnesota Wild, the league said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

There will be a game each day from Nov. 16-19 at Avicii Arena in Stockholm with a clash between Detroit and Ottawa kicking off the 2023 NHL Global Series – Sweden.<\/p>\n

For the Maple Leafs, who Forbes lists as the NHL’s second most valuable team, their Nov. 17 clash against Detroit will mark the first time they play a regular season game outside of North America.<\/p>\n

Minnesota will face Ottawa on Nov. 18 before closing out the series against Toronto on Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

There are 36 players of European nationalities on the Red Wings, Wild, Senators and Maple Leafs, including 21 Swedish players.<\/p>\n

To date, there have been 38 NHL regular-season games played outside of North America, including 32 played in Europe. There have been 13 NHL regular-season games played in Sweden.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)<\/p>\n

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