NHL Rumors: Rangers-Islanders, Devils-Flyers Scheduled for 2024 Stadium Series

The Metropolitan Division will reportedly be under the NHL's Stadium Series spotlight next season.

According to David Pagnotta of the Fourth Period, the league plans on hosting back-to-back Stadium Series games at MetLife Stadium in February. The New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers will play in one, while the New York Rangers and New York Islanders will play in the other.

Outdoor games have become an annual tradition for the NHL dating back to 2014.

In all, the league has hosted 37 regular-season outdoor games. The first one happened in 2003 when the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Heritage Classic. Since then, the league has instituted the Winter Classic and the Stadium Series as a way of expanding the traditions to new teams and locations.

There were two outdoor games during the 2022-23 campaign.

The Boston Bruins defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in January's Winter Classic, while the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 in February's Stadium Series.

The four teams who are in line to play outdoors next season are no strangers to doing so. The Flyers have participated in five outdoor games, with the most recent one coming in a 2021 loss to the Bruins. The Rangers have participated in four outdoor games, with the most recent one coming in an overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres in 2018.

The Devils and Islanders have each played only one outdoor game, both of which were losses to the Rangers in 2014.

The Islanders, Devils and Rangers each made the playoffs this past season, while the Flyers are a high-profile team from a sizable market. These games will surely generate plenty of interest and could help determine who reaches the postseason in the Metropolitan Division.