NHL regular season

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ice hockey season sports season

The NHL regular season is the main portion of the National Hockey League schedule in which teams play a set number of games to determine standings and qualification for the postseason.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
NHL regular season canonical	9
NHL regular-season division championship	1
National Hockey League season	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T319350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NHL regular season
Context triple: [NHL playoffs, follows, NHL regular season]

A. NHL playoffs
The NHL playoffs are the National Hockey League’s annual postseason elimination tournament that determines the winner of the Stanley Cup.
B. NHL
NHL is the common abbreviation for National Historic Landmark, a designation given by the U.S. government to places of exceptional historical significance.
C. NHL Winter Classic
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, typically held on or around New Year’s Day in iconic open-air venues.
D. National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is a premier professional ice hockey league in North America, featuring teams from the United States and Canada competing for the Stanley Cup.
E. NHL on TNT
NHL on TNT is a U.S. television broadcast package that features live National Hockey League games, studio shows, and related coverage on the TNT cable network.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NHL regular season
Target entity description: The NHL regular season is the main portion of the National Hockey League schedule in which teams play a set number of games to determine standings and qualification for the postseason.

A. NHL playoffs
The NHL playoffs are the National Hockey League’s annual postseason elimination tournament that determines the winner of the Stanley Cup.
B. NHL
NHL is the common abbreviation for National Historic Landmark, a designation given by the U.S. government to places of exceptional historical significance.
C. NHL Winter Classic
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual outdoor regular-season National Hockey League game, typically held on or around New Year’s Day in iconic open-air venues.
D. National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is a premier professional ice hockey league in North America, featuring teams from the United States and Canada competing for the Stanley Cup.
E. NHL on TNT
NHL on TNT is a U.S. television broadcast package that features live National Hockey League games, studio shows, and related coverage on the TNT cable network.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ice hockey season ⓘ sports season ⓘ
awardAssociated	Art Ross Trophy ⓘ Calder Memorial Trophy ⓘ Hart Memorial Trophy ⓘ Jack Adams Award ⓘ James Norris Memorial Trophy ⓘ Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy ⓘ Vezina Trophy ⓘ
broadcastOn	national television networks in Canada ⓘ national television networks in the United States ⓘ regional sports networks ⓘ
competitionFormat	round-robin schedule ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
determines	Presidents' Trophy ⓘ surface form: Presidents' Trophy winner home-ice advantage in playoffs ⓘ playoff seeding ⓘ
feature	divisional games ⓘ inter-conference games ⓘ intra-conference games ⓘ
followedBy	NHL playoffs ⓘ
follows	NHL preseason ⓘ
gameCountPerTeam	82 games in modern era ⓘ
governingRules	NHL rulebook ⓘ
hasStandingsBy	conference ⓘ division ⓘ league ⓘ
historicalStart	1917–18 NHL season ⓘ
includes	Heritage Classic ⓘ surface form: Heritage Classic in some seasons NHL Stadium Series in some seasons ⓘ NHL Winter Classic in some seasons ⓘ outdoor games in some seasons ⓘ
involves	all active NHL member clubs ⓘ
location	NHL arenas in North America ⓘ
organizer	National Hockey League ⓘ
partOf	National Hockey League schedule ⓘ
purpose	determine league standings ⓘ determine playoff qualification ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
statisticsTracked	assists ⓘ goals ⓘ goals-against average ⓘ penalty minutes ⓘ plus-minus ⓘ points ⓘ save percentage ⓘ shutouts ⓘ wins for goaltenders ⓘ
teamCount	32 teams in modern era ⓘ
timeframe	typically runs from October to April ⓘ
uses	overtime and shootout to break ties in regular-season games ⓘ points system for standings ⓘ salary cap era rules in modern seasons ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NHL playoffs → follows → NHL regular season ⓘ

Vezina Trophy → competitionScope → NHL regular season ⓘ

King Clancy Memorial Trophy → associatedWith → NHL regular season ⓘ

Sergei Brylin → participantIn → NHL regular season ⓘ

Southeast Division (NHL) → divisionTitleAward → NHL regular season ⓘ

this entity surface form: NHL regular-season division championship

Hockey Night in Canada → typicalSeason → NHL regular season ⓘ

Mats Sundin → participatedIn → NHL regular season ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Hockey League season

Mats Näslund → participatedIn → NHL regular season ⓘ

Mark Scheifele → competesIn → NHL regular season ⓘ

Markus Naslund → playedIn → NHL regular season ⓘ

subject surface form: Markus Näslund

Plus-Minus Award → scope → NHL regular season ⓘ

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