14 NHL games were originally scheduled for Monday, which according to previous plans should have taken place. With the extension of the Christmas break, 64 ice hockey league games have been canceled so far in the course of the season.
Two days before Christmas, the NHL decided not to release its stars for the Olympic Games in Beijing (February 4th to 20th) in order to be able to use the time window for catch-up games. The German exceptional player Leon Draisaitl missed the Winter Games for the second time after 2018.