League vs League
MLS vs NHL
Major League Soccer versus National Hockey League — a side-by-side breakdown of two very different worlds of pro sports, plus the tools to compare their teams and players by the numbers.
Head to head
Soccer
Sport
Ice Hockey
1993
Founded
1917
30
Teams
32
February – December
Season
October – June
Goals
Scoring
Goals
2 × 45 min
Game length
3 × 20 min
Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Son Heung-min
Stars today
Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews
Soccer
MLS
Major League Soccer
North America's top-flight soccer league.
Since 199330 teamsFebruary – December
Ice Hockey
NHL
National Hockey League
Fastest team sport, playing for the Stanley Cup.
Since 191732 teamsOctober – June
Take it further
Compare teams & players from either league
CompariSport pulls real, historical stats going back decades. Pick 2–4 teams or players and see who leads every stat.