The Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers have taken a break from their North American portion of the NHL schedule to play two games at Nokia Arena in Tampere in the 2024 NHL Global Series Finland presented by Fastenal. The games are Friday (2 p.m. ET; Victory+, SCRIPPS, NHLN, SN) and Saturday (Noon ET; Victory+, SCRIPPS, NHLN, SN1).
Stars defenseman Esa Lindell will be keeping a blog this week with NHL.com throughout the Global Series, giving fans a taste of what life is like on the ground as they go through the experience in Helsinki and Tampere. The defenseman’s third entry was written after media day and practice at Nokia Arena on Thursday.
The sightseeing and all the excitement have been great, but we are putting that stuff behind us now and getting back to work and focusing more on the games ahead against the Panthers.
We are playing the Stanley Cup champions and that is a challenge. It’s exciting to play the champions, but at the same time, we don’t want to put too much into it. They are a good team, and it is going to be a good matchup for sure. I’m looking forward to it very much.