2007-08 NHL season

The 2007-08 NHL season was the 90th season of the National Hockey League. It began on September 29, 2007, and ran through April 6, 2008, with the Stanley Cup Playoffs to follow, culminating no later than June 9, 2008. The 56th NHL All-Star Game was held in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Thrashers hosted the event at Philips Arena on January 27, 2008.

Program from the game in London.

League business

The season features Reebok's new Rbk EDGE hockey jerseys. This is the first league-wide uniform innovation "in the history of any major North American professional sports league".

Partially due to the league-wide uniform changes, 7 teams (Boston, Tampa Bay, Vancouver, Washington, Ottawa, San Jose and Columbus) unveiled new logos prior to the season's beginning.

On March 1, 2007, the NHL officially announced the regular season would open on September 29, 2007 with the first of back-to-back games in London, England at The O₂. They were the first NHL regular season games ever played in Europe. Both games featured the Anaheim Ducks - who played their first games in their defense of the Stanley Cup - and the Los Angeles Kings (who are owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group, the same company that owns The O₂).

On September 17, 2007, the NHL announced the first outdoor game in over four years would be played between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills, on January 1, 2008. The event - which will be known as the AMP NHL Winter Classic - will be the first time an NHL regular-season game has been played outdoors in the United States. The last outdoor NHL game was the Heritage Classic played between the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers at Commonwealth Stadium on November 22, 2003.

During board of governors meetings held on September 18, 2007 in Chicago, cities including Las Vegas, Kansas City, Seattle, and Winnipeg were discussed as possible expansion destinations. The NHL also discussed the current 'unbalanced' schedule and will vote on a new schedule format at the next board meetings in November, so that all teams will play each other at least once and reduce divisional play in the 2008-09 season. The sale of the Lightning and Predators teams were not completed for board approval.

The New Jersey Devils began playing in their new arena, the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. However, since it wasn't ready by the beginning of the season, they began their season with a nine-game road trip.

Interconference division play had the Northeast travel to the Pacific, the Pacific travel to the Atlantic, the Atlantic travel to the Northwest, the Northwest travel to the Southeast, the Southeast travel to the Central, and the Central travel to the Northeast.

The Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators matched up for the first time since the 2007 Stanley Cup Final on March 3, 2008.

Mike Cammalleri of the Los Angeles Kings scored the first goal of the season against the Anaheim Ducks on September 29 in the opening game played in London, England.

Regular Season

Final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points.

Eastern Conference

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
z-Montreal Canadiens *	82	47	25	10	262	222	104
y-Pittsburgh Penguins *	82	47	27	8	247	216	102
y-Washington Capitals *	82	43	31	8	242	231	94
New Jersey Devils	82	46	29	7	206	197	99
New York Rangers	82	42	27	13	213	199	97
Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	248	233	95
Ottawa Senators	82	43	31	8	261	247	94
Boston Bruins	82	41	29	12	212	222	94
Carolina Hurricanes	82	43	33	6	252	249	92
Buffalo Sabres	82	39	31	12	255	242	90
Florida Panthers	82	38	35	9	216	226	85
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	36	35	11	231	260	83
New York Islanders	82	35	38	9	194	243	79
Atlanta Thrashers	82	34	40	8	216	272	76
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	31	42	9	223	267	71

bold - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, z - clinched best conference record, * - division leader

Western Conference

	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
p-Detroit Red Wings *	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
y-San Jose Sharks *	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
y-Minnesota Wild *	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
Anaheim Ducks	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
Dallas Stars	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
Los Angeles Kings	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

bold - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, p - clinched Presidents' Trophy and best record in conference, * - division leader

Tiebreaking procedures

Where two or more clubs are tied in points at the end of the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order:

1. The greater number of games won.
2. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
3. The greater differential between goals for and against.

See also

• 2007 NHL Entry Draft
• 2007-08 NHL transactions
• 2008 NHL All Star Game

External links

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com

2007-08 NHL season by team