2007 - 08 NHL season The 2007 - 08 NHL season was the 90th season of the National Hockey League . It began on September 29 , 2007 , and ran through April 6 , 2008 , with the Stanley Cup Playoffs to follow , culminating no later than June 9 , 2008 . The 56th NHL All - Star Game was held in Atlanta , Georgia as the Atlanta Thrashers hosted the event at Philips Arena on January 27 , 2008 . League business . The season features Reebok ' s new Rbk EDGE hockey jersey s . This is the first league - wide uniform innovation " in the history of any major North American professional sports league " . Partially due to the league - wide uniform changes , 7 teams ( Boston , Tampa Bay , Vancouver , Washington , Ottawa , San Jose and Columbus ) unveiled new logos prior to the season ' s beginning . On March 1 , 2007 , the NHL officially announced the regular season would open on September 29 , 2007 with the first of back - to - back games in London , England at The O . They were the first NHL regular season games ever played in Europe . Both games featured the Anaheim Ducks - who played their first games in their defense of the Stanley Cup - and the Los Angeles Kings ( who are owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group , the same company that owns The O ) . On September 17 , 2007 , the NHL announced the first outdoor game in over four years would be played between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo ' s Ralph Wilson Stadium , home of the Buffalo Bills , on January 1 , 2008 . The event - which will be known as the AMP NHL Winter Classic - will be the first time an NHL regular - season game has been played outdoors in the United States . The last outdoor NHL game was the Heritage Classic played between the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers at Commonwealth Stadium on November 22 , 2003 . During board of governors meetings held on September 18 , 2007 in Chicago , cities including Las Vegas , Kansas City , Seattle , and Winnipeg were discussed as possible expansion destinations . The NHL also discussed the current ' unbalanced ' schedule and will vote on a new schedule format at the next board meetings in November , so that all teams will play each other at least once and reduce divisional play in the 2008 - 09 season . The sale of the Lightning and Predators teams were not completed for board approval . The New Jersey Devils began playing in their new arena , the Prudential Center in Newark , New Jersey . However , since it wasn ' t ready by the beginning of the season , they began their season with a nine - game road trip . Interconference division play had the Northeast travel to the Pacific , the Pacific travel to the Atlantic , the Atlantic travel to the Northwest , the Northwest travel to the Southeast , the Southeast travel to the Central , and the Central travel to the Northeast . The Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators matched up for the first time since the 2007 Stanley Cup Final on March 3 , 2008 . Mike Cammalleri of the Los Angeles Kings scored the first goal of the season against the Anaheim Ducks on September 29 in the opening game played in London , England . Regular Season . " Note : W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , GF = Goals For , GA = Goals Against , Pts = Points " Tiebreaking Procedures . If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season , the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order :