They Shoot, You Score: How To Buy NHL Tickets

It’s time to let your hockey plans take the ice, as the 2025-26 NHL season is underway. Whether you’re in the stands every season or picking your seats right before the puck drops, you’ll find verified tickets at Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the NHL.

Give yourself the home-ice advantage for hockey season and prepare with everything you need to know about buying NHL tickets securely and effortlessly.

How to Buy NHL Tickets

1. What You Need Before You Buy

• Sign in to your Ticketmaster Account using a browser and verify your profile details, including your first and last name, email address, phone number, location preference and postal code.
• Update your billing information and select your preferred payment method.
• Review your Sign In and Security information and add a passkey for faster, easier and more secure sign-ins.

2. Choose Your Game & Seats

• Find your NHL team via Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com/nhl.
• Select the game date and location that best fits your schedule.
• Open the seat map and compare views using the 360-degree feature to find your favorite seat.
• Adjust your search with filter tools for price, quantity, Verified Resale tickets and accessibility.

3. Check the Details & Total Price

• Hover over or tap on seats to find a seat description with notes such as admission type, restricted views or section details.
• Select seats and review the All In Pricing total, then click Next.

With All In Prices, you’ll be able to find NHL tickets within your budget right away, with no surprises at checkout. You’ll see the cost of your NHL ticket—including fees, before taxes—from the moment you start shopping.

4. Sign In & Pay

• If you haven’t already, sign in to your Ticketmaster Account.
• Select your payment method. You can use a stored payment method, add a credit card, or use a payment platform like PayPal, Venmo or Klarna.
• Review your final order, read and agree to the Terms of Use and Standard Purchase Policy, and select Place Order to secure your NHL tickets.

You can also apply a promo code or gift card if applicable.

Ticket insurance via Allianz is also an option you can opt into for a full reimbursement in the event of select, covered emergencies and circumstances.

5. Game Day Access, Delivery & Transfers

Once you buy NHL tickets, find your tickets by navigating to your account. Your tickets will show under My Tickets in the Ticketmaster App. Download the Ticketmaster App for iPhone or Android.

How to Access NHL Tickets on Ticketmaster.com or in the Ticketmaster App

On game day, view your NHL tickets in the Ticketmaster App before arriving at the venue. You can also add your tickets to Apple or Google Wallet ahead of time. (Note that a barcode will not appear on tickets added to Apple or Google Wallet).

• Sign in to your Ticketmaster Account.
• Find your order in My Tickets.

Note: If you see a blue banner that says “view tickets in partner app,” tap the Go To App button. You’ll be taken directly to the team or venue app, where you can access your tickets. If you don’t have the app downloaded, you’ll be taken to the App Store or Play Store.

You can also access the team’s Account Manager site to sign in to your account. You can search for your team or venue’s site by using the Account Manager Site Search.

Finally, get inside and enjoy the game!

How to Add NHL Tickets to Your Wallet

Save yourself from internet disruptions and other last-minute delays on game day by adding your tickets to your phone’s Apple Wallet or Google Wallet:

• In your Ticketmaster Account, tap on My Tickets to locate your order.
• Tap your order to view tickets or navigate to the team’s app.
• Tap the Add to Apple Wallet or Save to Google Wallet button.

Going with friends or family? Transfer your tickets by clicking on your order and selecting the tickets you’d like to transfer.

• Sign in to your Ticketmaster Account and find your order in My Tickets, then select Transfer.
• If transfer isn’t available for your event, the button will be grayed out in the Ticketmaster App; if using a browser, a pop-up will let you know it’s unavailable.
• You’ll receive a text with a one-time code to verify your identity. Type in the code and select Confirm.
• Select the tickets you’d like to transfer, click or tap Transfer To, and enter your recipient’s information, including their phone number or email address.
• Select Transfer Ticket.

How to Transfer NHL Tickets on Team- or Venue-Branded Site or App

• Sign in to your team or venue’s site or app. You can search for your team or venue’s site by using the Account Manager Site Search. Team and venue apps can be downloaded in the App Store or Play Store.
• Go to your events, select the event you’re transferring tickets for, then click Transfer. If you receive a message that the Event Organizer hasn’t activated transfer, your tickets aren’t eligible for transfer.
• You’ll receive a text with a one-time code to verify your identity. Type in that code and select Confirm.
• Select the tickets you’d like to transfer.
• Enter your recipient’s information, including their phone number or email address.
• Tap Transfer.

6. Add Your NHL Team To Favorites

To add your team to your favorites and get alerted about future events, follow these steps:

• Sign in to the Ticketmaster App.
• Tap Favorites and select a tab.
• Tap the blue button or tap Add + in the upper right corner to see the available options or search.
• Tap the heart next to your favorite performers, teams or venues.

You can also add a team to your Favorites by tapping the 💜 (heart) located on the team’s Ticketmaster page—you’ll see it on the image at the top. Once you tap the heart, the team will be automatically added to your Favorites.

What to Know About NHL Tickets

Official vs. Reseller NHL Tickets

As with any major event, NHL fans should aim to buy during the first official release of tickets when the season’s schedule is announced. Along with being the most simple and direct route to scoring seats, the official marketplace gives you a first look at your favorite sections.

However, you can still make it inside the arena at the last minute thanks to Ticketmaster’s wide selection of tickets—which you can buy right up until puck drop.

Notably, tickets purchased through the official Ticketmaster marketplace are issued by Ticketmaster, whether they’re primary or Verified Resale tickets. The difference lies in who put the seats up for grabs: While the seller during the initial ticket sale is the primary vendor, i.e. Ticketmaster, tickets can also be sold by other fans through the Ticketmaster marketplace. In both cases, tickets are 100% authenticated with a unique barcode and delivered securely and digitally to your Ticketmaster Account.

What Are Verified Resale Tickets?

Verified Resale tickets are tickets that have been purchased on Ticketmaster, put back on sale on the market by a previous buyer — often a fellow NHL fan or season ticket holder — and resold to fans with 100% authenticity verified by Ticketmaster. After purchasing a Verified Resale ticket, the ticket’s previous barcode is invalidated and a new barcode is issued.

Note: Resale tickets to home games for the Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Utah Mammoth and Vegas Golden Knights are not Ticketmaster Verified Tickets.

What to Know About NHL Playoff Tickets

The game stakes may be different, but tickets to the NHL regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs can be found in the same place via Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the NHL. As teams start to clinch playoff berths around mid-March, tickets for first-round playoff matchups will go on sale. Brackets are locked by the time the Stanley Cup Playoffs start in April, and additional postseason tickets are added after a team advances to the next round.

As with regular season tickets, be sure to only purchase Stanley Cup playoff tickets after they’ve officially gone on sale (be wary of spec listings).

Ticketmaster vs. Other Vendors

As the Official Ticket Marketplace of the NHL, Ticketmaster offers the widest selection of ticket options for hockey fans to browse, no matter your needs. When it comes to crossing the line before the buzzer, Ticketmaster gets you skating into the arena safely and smoothly.

How to Avoid Scams When Buying NHL Tickets

Ticketmaster provides a secure marketplace whether you’re a first-time ticket buyer or seasoned eventgoer. However, NHL fans can also use several strategies when selecting tickets to avoid any scams or sinister practices.

• Confirm your Ticketmaster account security information—including your unique and strong password—is up to date.
• Purchase NHL tickets directly from the event’s official partner, like Ticketmaster.
• Avoid speculative tickets by waiting until tickets for an NHL game officially go on sale.
• Make sure your password is unique to your Ticketmaster Account.

For more best practices on buying NHL tickets securely, learn more about protecting yourself from ticketing scams.

When Is the Best Time to Buy NHL Tickets?

The best time to buy NHL tickets is at the moment a team’s schedule is announced and tickets go on sale on Ticketmaster. The price of an NHL ticket can vary based on the game’s matchup, city, date or time, the seat location and more. The date and time that a seat is purchased can also affect the final total.

While the NHL regular season action unfolds, demand can shift with any matchup ready to start trending. Even up to the opening face-off, hockey fans can buy 100% Verified Resale tickets last-minute via Ticketmaster. However, ticket prices are not guaranteed to go down as the event approaches. Price fluctuations can depend on a number of shifting factors like league and conference standings, buzzworthy matchups with broader league implications, heated rivalry games, postseason rematches, standout team and player performance and more.

How Much Are NHL Tickets?

Ticket prices for NHL games depend on a variety of factors, including date and time, city, matchup, seat location, and when the tickets are purchased. The average ticket for an NHL game can cost between $100-$150.

Where To Buy Tickets to the NHL Winter Classic

Tickets for the NHL Winter Classic are available via Ticketmaster. For the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic, the Florida Panthers and the New York Rangers will face off on January 2 at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.

Where To Buy Tickets to the NHL Stadium Series

Tickets for the NHL Stadium Series are available via Ticketmaster. The 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series will be held on February 1, where the Tampa Bay Lightning will face off against the Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

Where To Buy Tickets to the NHL All-Star Game

Since 1947, the league has presented 68 editions of the NHL All-Star Weekend, typically in late January or early February. The NHL All-Star Game was last played in 2024 and will return in 2027. In the meantime, the 2024-25 season featured the alternative 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, while the 2026 All-Star Game was postponed one year to allow player participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The 2027 NHL All-Star Weekend will take place at UBS Arena, home of the New York Islanders.

Where To Buy Stanley Cup Final Tickets

Stanley Cup Final tickets will be available via Ticketmaster, the Official Ticketing Partner of the NHL. As the Stanley Cup Playoffs advance, fans looking for tickets may visit the NHL Ticket Exchange by Ticketmaster, the Official Resale Ticket Marketplace of the NHL. All Stanley Cup tickets sold through Ticketmaster are 100% verified. The 2026 Stanley Cup Final is likely to occur in June 2026.