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The NHL is the fifth-highest grossing [[professional sport]] league in the world by [[List of professional sports leagues by revenue|revenue]], after the [[National Football League]] (NFL), [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), and the [[Premier League]] (PL).<ref>{{cite web|last=Mathewson|first=TJ|title=TV is biggest driver in global sport league revenue|url=https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2019/03/07/tv-is-biggest-driver-in-global-sport-league-revenue/|website=GlobalSportMatters.com|date=March 7, 2019|access-date=March 29, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207033032/https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2019/03/07/tv-is-biggest-driver-in-global-sport-league-revenue/|url-status=live}}</ref> The league's headquarters have been in [[Manhattan]] since 1989, when the head office moved from Montreal.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Todd|first1=Jack|title=Americans and Bettman have stolen Canada's game|url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/opinion+americans+bettman+have+stolen+canada+game/7251426/story.html|access-date=January 31, 2018|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127034723/http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/opinion+americans+bettman+have+stolen+canada+game/7251426/story.html|archive-date=January 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> There have been four league-wide work stoppages in NHL history, all occurring after 1992.<ref name=JohnCollins>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aGY7pu.INAhA|archive-url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20100326183144/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid%3D20601109%26sid%3DaGY7pu.INAhA|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2010| publisher=Bloomberg L.P.| title=NHL Borrows From NFL as It Pursues Bigger TV Contract| first=Curtis| last=Eichelberger| date=May 29, 2009| access-date=June 29, 2009}}</ref>
The NHL's regular season is typically held from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. Following the conclusion of the regular season, 16 teams advance to the [[Stanley Cup playoffs]], a four-round tournament that runs into June to determine the league champion. Since the league's founding in 1917, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] have won the most combined NHL titles with 25, winning three NHL championship series before the league took full exclusivity of the Stanley Cup in 1926, and 22 Stanley Cups afterwards.<ref group="nb" name="MTL"/> The reigning league champions are the [[
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