2017–18 NHL season

[3][4] In June 2017, the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was held to fill out the Golden Knights roster.

[5][6] Each team's mandatory bye week, stipulated in the league's CBA, was also scattered throughout the month of January.

[12] Players with Olympic aspirations who were free agents, especially those whose NHL prospects were marginal, were advised not to sign NHL contracts and, if they wished to play professionally, sign directly with minor league clubs to maintain Olympic eligibility.

[13][14] On June 18, 2017, the National Hockey League Players' Association announced that the salary cap would be set at US$75 million per team for the 2017–18 season.

[15][16] The NHL Board of Governors passed some new rules that take effect this season, including:[17] The Board of Governors also stated that existing rules be fully enforced in certain situations that had become "unofficially" ignored:[17] The 2017 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 23–24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

[23] On March 30, 2017, it was announced that the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks would play two preseason games in China; on September 21 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai and September 23 at the Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center in Beijing.

[47] Two regular season games between the Colorado Avalanche and the Ottawa Senators were played at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on November 10 and 11, 2017, branded as the SAP NHL Global Series.

[54] The game was rescheduled for April 8, the day after the regular season was originally scheduled to end.

The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on April 7, 2018.

For the first time, the Professional Hockey Writers' Association voted to release each voters' ballot to the public after the awards ceremony.

The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2017–18, listed with their team: This was the seventh season under the NHL's ten-year U.S. rights deal with NBC Sports, and the fourth season of its twelve-year Canadian rights deals with Sportsnet and TVA Sports.

On December 19, 2017, Rogers Media renewed its sub-licensing agreement with CBC Television for Hockey Night in Canada (which was to expire after this season) through the remainder of its tenure as national rightsholder.

[121] TSN re-gained regional English-language rights to the Montreal Canadiens, and extended its radio contract for co-owned CKGM.