NHL

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Recorded May 13, 2026

Offside rule modified so a player only has to break the plane of the blue line to be ruled onside (previous rule required the skate to touch the line). Temporary taxi-squad rule introduced for the COVID-shortened 56-game season — each team allowed an extra traveling group of four to six players, including one goaltender, designed to handle COVID-related call-ups. Regular season reduced to 56 games with realigned divisional play; sixteen-team playoff format with division-based seeding rather than conference-based seeding.

Recorded May 7, 2026

Puck-over-glass delay-of-game penalty added to the video-review list (deflection determination only, not judgment calls). Defensive team prohibited from a line change after its own goaltender accidentally dislodges the net. Following an icing, offensive centers receive a faceoff-violation warning equivalent to defensive players. New bench-minor penalty path: players sitting on the boards with skates exposed receive a warning first, then an unsportsmanlike-conduct bench minor on subsequent violations.

Recorded May 7, 2026