What is 2017–18 NHL season?
{{Infobox sports season | title = 2017–18 NHL season | league = [[National Hockey League]] | sport = [[Ice hockey]] | logo = | pixels = | caption = | duration = October 4, 2017 – June 7, 2018 | no_of_games = 82 | no_of_teams = 31 | TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[NHL on Sportsnet|Sportsnet]], [[TVA Sports]] (Canada)<br>[[Wednesday Night Rivalry|NBCSN]], [[NHL on NBC|NBC]], [[CNBC#Non-business_programming|CNBC]], [[NHL on USA|USA]] (United States) | attendance = | draft = Draft | draft_link = 2017 NHL Entry Draft | top_pick_link = List of first overall NHL draft picks | top_pick = [[Nico Hischier]] | picked_by = [[New Jersey Devils]] | season = Regular season | season_champ_name = [[Presidents' Trophy]] | season_champs = [[Nashville Predators]] | MVP = [[Taylor Hall]] ([[New Jersey Devils|Devils]]) | MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy | top_scorer = [[Connor McDavid]] ([[Edmonton Oilers|Oilers]]) | top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy | playoffs = Playoffs | playoffs_link = 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs | finals = Stanley Cup | finals_link = 2018 Stanley Cup Finals | finals_champ = [[Washington Capitals]] | finals_runner-up = [[Vegas Golden Knights]] | playoffs_MVP = [[Alexander Ovechkin]] ([[Washington Capitals|Capitals]]) | playoffs_MVP_link = Conn Smythe Trophy | seasonslist = List of NHL seasons | seasonslistnames = NHL | prevseason_year = [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17]] | nextseason_year = [[2018–19 NHL season|2018–19]] }} The '''2017-18 NHL season''' is the 101st season of operation (100th season of play) of the National Hockey League. The 31 teams are playing an 82-game regular season. The regular season began on October 4, 2017 and ended on April 7, 2018. The Stanley Cup playoffs began a few days after and the Stanley Cup finals was held between Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights which ended with the Washington Capitals winning their first Stanley cup in their franchise history. The [[Vegas Golden Knights]] joined the league for this season and became the first team to win the first three games of t