Our automated security review found no threat indicators on nhl.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is nhl.com safe to use?

nhl.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does nhl.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. nhl.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 76 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the nhl.com domain?

nhl.com is 31.7 years old, registered on 10/18/1994 through Moniker Online Services LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has nhl.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report nhl.com as clean.

Is nhl.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. nhl.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is nhl.com hosted?

nhl.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is nhl.com a well-known website?

Yes. nhl.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Security Review

Is nhl.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

The official National Hockey League (NHL) website is a safe, long-standing domain with a perfect security record and global authority.

Why we trust it

Domain age of over 31 years indicates extreme stability and legitimacy.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.Verified official website of a major international sports organization.

nhl.comScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 95

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 32 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

32 years old

Registered Oct 18, 1994

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 100% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

nhl.com

1Professional layout consistent with a major sports league website

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot shows a fully-rendered, professional sports media website with standard navigation and high-quality content, exhibiting no visual indicators of a scam or phishing attempt.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional layout consistent with a major sports league website

High-quality original photography and graphics

Standard navigation menu with functional links to scores, stats, and news

Presence of official NHL branding and team logos

No deceptive urgency tactics or fake trust badges visible

Clean UI without intrusive pop-ups or suspicious overlays

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been registered since 1994 and is the primary digital hub for a major professional sports league. Our antivirus network shows zero detections across 92 different engines, and the site maintains a top-tier global traffic ranking. The technical infrastructure is robust, utilizing valid high-level SSL encryption and reputable hosting. While some users have reported customer service issues with the associated merchandise shop, the core domain itself is verified as the authentic, official source for NHL content. There are no signs of phishing, malware, or deceptive practices.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site serves as a comprehensive media portal for the NHL, featuring real-time scores, player statistics, news articles, and official team rosters. The layout is professional, using high-quality original assets and standard navigation menus without any deceptive UI elements.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a high-reputation IP address with no history of abuse reports. It utilizes Google Trust Services for SSL encryption and loads resources from verified content delivery networks and official partners like DoubleClick and Google.

Domain History

Registered over 31 years ago in October 1994, this domain is one of the oldest active sites on the web. It is officially registered to NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC, based in New York, confirming its status as a legitimate corporate asset.

Web Reputation

The domain maintains a clean record across all major security blocklists. It is widely cited by global news organizations and sports networks as the authoritative source for professional hockey information, further solidifying its trustworthiness.

Risk Factors

Occasional consumer complaints regarding merchandise quality on the shop subdomain.
Third-party reports of phishing sites that attempt to imitate this domain (e.g., nhlshops.com).

Positive Signals

Domain age of over 31 years indicates extreme stability and legitimacy.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
Verified official website of a major international sports organization.
High global traffic ranking and professional technical infrastructure.
Clear business registration and physical presence in New York, NY.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use for news, stats, and official information. When purchasing merchandise, ensure you are on the official shop subdomain and not a look-alike phishing site.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for nhl.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

31 yrs

Registered Oct 1994

Business registration

Active · United States

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

2 scam reports · 4 complaints · 3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain registered on 1994-10-18 (over 31 years old), expires 2026-10-17, registrar Moniker Online Services LLC, name servers via Cloudflare.
Explicitly states "NHL.com is the official website of the National Hockey League" in footer, terms of service, and privacy policy.
Operated by NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC and affiliates (NHL Enterprises, L.P. etc.), with physical address in New York, NY.
Some user complaints on Reddit about product quality (jerseys: heat-pressed vs stitched, one counterfeit claim) and shop.nhl.com customer service; Trustpilot reviews mixed for the shop subdomain.
No evidence of nhl.com itself being a scam or phishing site; reports of phishing target NHL fans but use different domains (e.g. nhlshops.com).
Official presence on X (@NHL), YouTube, Google Play app, and partnerships with ESPN, CBS Sports.
Privacy policy and terms updated 2025; references fraud prevention and legal compliance.

Scam reports (2)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Redditopen
"NHL.com sent me a counterfeit jersey"
Mediumopen
"nhlshops[.]com , not to be confused with the legitimate site, shops.nhl[.]com"

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Redditopen
"It's not a phishing scam. NHL.com is using quickpivot.com (a legit company) to track their email campaigns."
Redditopen
"Yeah it's the real nhl.com site."
NHL.comopen
"NHL.com is the official website of the National Hockey League."

Business registration

Status: active · United States

Operated by NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC (NY-based LLC) and affiliates including NHL Enterprises, L.P. at One Manhattan West, 395 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10001. Registered domain since 1994.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We found that nhl.com is operated by NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC, and has been registered since 1994. Independent review aggregators and community discussions on Reddit confirm its status as the official league site. While there are some customer service complaints regarding the 'shop' section of the site, these are typical for large-scale e-commerce and do not indicate a scam. Our research also identified that phishing campaigns frequently impersonate this brand using similar-looking URLs, but the primary domain remains secure.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers18.258 13.83

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles6

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (18.258 13.83).
Links to 6 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age32 years old

RegistrarMoniker Online Services LLC

RegisteredOct 18, 1994

ExpiresOct 17, 2026

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresSep 11, 2026 (76d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://nhl.com/
2301https://nhl.com/
3200https://www.nhl.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on nhl.com and not a lookalike like n-hl.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on nhl.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
nhl.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. nhl.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 76 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
nhl.com is 31.7 years old, registered on 10/18/1994 through Moniker Online Services LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report nhl.com as clean.
No. nhl.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
nhl.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. nhl.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·nhl.com

SAFE

This is the official website for the National Hockey League (NHL). It is a highly established, legitimate domain with a 31-year history and no security threats detected.

This site is safe to use for news, stats, and official information. When purchasing merchandise, ensure you are on the official shop subdomain and not a look-alike phishing site.

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