Oklahoma City will become a major-league city, at least for a day, when the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play a regular-season National Hockey League game Dec. 13 at the Myriad.

NHL president-elect Gil Stein had promised to broaden the league's scope, and the schedule released Thursday reflected as much. Each of the league's 24 teams will play two games in non-NHL markets.

"It's an historic event in Oklahoma City," said Lee Allen Smith of Oklahoma Events Inc., promoter of the game.

"I hope we can handle it. I'm sure we can. " The Myriad will seat 13,399 for the game, which will face off at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices will range from $12 to $35, but it has not been determined when they will go on sale.