The stages are set for the NHL's return with the start of exhibition games at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and Rogers Place in Edmonton on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Flyers will face the Pittsburgh Penguins (4 p.m. ET: NBCSN, NBSCP+, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV) and the Toronto Maple Leafs will play the Montreal Canadiens (8 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN1, TVAS,) at Scotiabank Arena, and the Edmonton Oilers will take on the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN1, NHL.Television).

But when the curtain goes up, the present the players and television viewers will knowledge Tuesday, and in the exhibition games Wednesday and Thursday, can be a small sample of what the NHL has planned for sports logo decals stickers the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, which start Saturday.

NHL and arena staff in Toronto and Edmonton have been working the history two weeks to prepare the buildings to web host games without enthusiasts in attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic that caused the season to be paused March 12. Without the natural energy generated by the supporters, the Group, with help from national television partners NBC Sports and Sportsnet, got to come up with other ways to create a game atmosphere for the players and the fans at home.

On one side of the lower bowl in each arena, a huge stage with two LED screens is flanked on each aspect by three giant LED displays which will display video clips and photos. Each of the 24 teams in the Qualifiers -- 12 from the Eastern Conference in Toronto and 12 from the Western Meeting in Edmonton - supplied walk-out music, pump-up and highlight movies, goal horns and goal tracks from their arenas to give the players some of the home-ice feel.

There were will also be videos of fans from each team cheering for goals and doing chants. All of this will end up being coordinated with enhanced lighting and the tv broadcasts, that will feature 32-35 cameras in each arena (up from the 12 from the normal game).

"I think it's going to be quite neat," NHL senior director of event and video game display John Bochiaro said. "Teams have already been really cooperative. We've got to a lot of good elements that we're going to try Kansas City Royals iron on letter number to work in."

But the players and viewers will have to wait until Saturday to see most of it.

"You're going to custom flags iron on stickers see the screens on, you're going to see the look of it all, but we're not doing any of our elements, our moving video, our moving lighting," Mayer said. "It will be very, very subdued, purposefully. Players need to get also altered to the ice and we just don't feel like this is the time and the place to break out all that we will do."

Having seen photos and a rendering released by the NHL, several players have said they're eager to observe what it looks and feels like when they step on the ice. They'll have to settle for a glimpse in the exhibition video games, but the exhilaration of playing against an opponent for the first time in nearly five a few months should help.