[1][2][3] NHL 24 was also the last NHL game to be released on Playstation 4 and Xbox One and the last NHL game to feature the Arizona Coyotes, who suspended operations in April 2024, and had team owner Alex Meruelo forfeit ownership, and later relinquish his rights to the franchise effectively putting the franchise in de facto National Hockey League ownership NHL 24 has much of its gameplay overhauled from NHL 23, including new total control skill moves, a new stamina engine, goalie fatigue, passing system, and physics based contact.

The new passing system lets you pass the puck to other players using the four face buttons on the controller in team play, and the new body checking system, which sees players charge their hits by holding down the button, works identically to Bruise Control from NHL 2004, which lets you charge your body check and timing it well will result in more successful and harder body checks.

Body checking players into benches and broken glass also return to NHL 24.

[8][9] Despite the scores remaining similar, many reviewers pointed to the lack of concrete changes, and the failure to implement new changes and features successfully made Push Square reviewer Graham Banas feel that the developers "took steps backward".

[11] The user score for NHL 24 on Metacritic has the game received as "generally unfavorable".