The present-day NHL Global Series began in 2017, when the Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators played two regular-season games in Stockholm, Sweden. The Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils opened the regular season in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Oct. 6, 2018, and the Florida Panthers and Winnipeg Jets played two regular-season games in Helsinki, Finland, on Nov. 1 and 2, 2018.
Before playing in Prague, the Flyers will complete their 2019 training camp in Lausanne, Switzerland and will play the Swiss pro club Lausanne in an exhibition at Vaudoise Arena on Sept. 30.
The Blackhawks, going to Europe for the third time, will finish their training camp in Berlin, Germany, where they will play an exhibition game against Eisbaren Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Blackhawks forward David Kampf is from Jirkov, Czech Republic, about 90 minutes northwest of Prague.