2027 National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 2027 National Hockey League All-Star Game is the upcoming 69th edition of the National Hockey League All-Star Game, planned to be held in early 2027 at UBS Arena in Elmont, the home of the New York Islanders. The game was originally scheduled for 2026 but was postponed a year due to the league's return to Olympic participation at the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.^[1]

2027 NHL All-Star Game

UBS Arena, Elmont
Early 2027
← 2024

History

The NHL originally awarded the Islanders as the 2026 All-Star Game's hosts on February 18, 2024, during the 2024 NHL Stadium Series. This game would have been the first time since 1994 in New York City that the state of New York hosted the game. This would have been the Islanders' second time hosting the NHL All-Star Game, after the 1983 game at the Nassau Coliseum, and the first time that UBS Arena would have hosted the game, after its opening during the 2021–22 season.^[2]

As originally scheduled for 2026, the All-Star Game would have returned after a one-year hiatus, as in 2025 the NHL held the 4 Nations Face-Off as a preview for the league's return to Olympic participation at the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, as well as the next World Cup of Hockey in 2028.^[3] The All-Star Game would have thus been the first held in the same year as Olympic participation since 2002. Commissioner Gary Bettman further stated that the league planned to use the 2026 game as a "send-off" to the Olympics.^[2] However, by April 2025, the league decided to cancel the game and instead hold an alternative Olympic send-off event at UBS Arena;^[4] this event itself was later canceled in October 2025, with Long Island now scheduled to host the 2027 game.^[5][1]