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 for the 2024 NHL Global Series Finland presented by Fastenal.
The Florida Panthers won the first game 6-4 on Friday. The next game is Saturday.
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 Finland. The defenseman’s fourth entry was written after the loss in which Lindell joined the other six Finnish players on the ice for an emotional pregame introduction ceremony and in which he had a goal, on a special from Jason Robertson, and an assist.
TAMPERE, Finland — This is a night I will remember forever…