Seattle Kraken in Helsinki for NHL Global Series: Two Games Against the Carolina Hurricanes on November 12 and 14
Helsinki, Finland — The Seattle Kraken said in an official team update on November 11 that the team is in Helsinki preparing for the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland, a pair of regular-season games against the Carolina Hurricanes at Veikkaus Arena on November 12 and 14. The first game faces off at 7 p.m. local time on November 12, 9 a.m. Pacific Time, and the second at 8 p.m. local time on November 14, 10 a.m. Pacific Time.
The games are the first regular-season games the Kraken have played outside North America, and they mark the NHL's return to Helsinki for the first time since 2018. Veikkaus Arena holds 13,349 fans for ice hockey and has previously hosted seven NHL regular-season games.
For the trip, the team's equipment staff transported about 7,300 pounds of team gear, sticks and more nearly 5,000 miles to Helsinki, including special travel suits for the players, and the team said not a single item was left behind. Finnish Kraken players Ville Ottavainen and Jani Nyman took part in a sauna session in Seattle to get a taste of home before the trip, and the series is a homecoming for both.
Fans back in Seattle can join skate and watch events for both games at Kraken Community Iceplex. The team's One Roof Foundation is also running a Global Series auction featuring player-used hockey bag sets and player-signed jerseys, with bidding opening at 5 p.m. on November 11 and closing at 8:40 p.m. on November 19.
After the two games in Helsinki, the Kraken return home to Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, where they face Vancouver on November 19.
(Source: Seattle Kraken)
Source: Seattle Kraken
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Photo: 图：芬兰赫尔辛基的 Veikkaus Arena，2026年 NHL 全球系列赛芬兰站比赛场馆。Lasse Keskinen 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Veikkaus Arena in Helsinki, Finland, venue for the 2026 NHL Global Series Finland. Photo by Lasse Keskinen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
