NEW YORK — The NHL has limited its outdoor games to one or two a year since it first began playing them 10 years ago.

In January, that’s set to change. There will be four games that month, and two more in March.

“For fans that want to attend, we can’t do enough of them,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday, standing on the spot at Yankee Stadium where the Rangers will play twice in January.

The week before the Super Bowl is played in New Jersey, the Rangers will take on both of their metropolitan rivals. On Sunday, Jan. 26 they’ll play an afternoon game against the New Jersey Devils. Then on Jan. 29, it’s a night game against the Islanders.

Other outdoor games scheduled for January are a New Year’s Day tilt between Detroit and Toronto at Michigan Stadium, which can hold well over 100,000 fans for football, and a game at Dodger Stadium featuring the Kings and the Ducks.

In March, Chicago will host Pittsburgh at Wrigley Field and Vancouver will host Ottawa at B.C. Place. The NHL expects to sell every ticket. Even if it expects to hear that it’s diluting the spectacle by making it more commonplace.

“What happens is, fans get connected to the game in ways they never imagined,” Bettman said.