Digging into the details of the Flames’ 2025-26 season schedule

The 2025-26 Calgary Flames regular season schedule was unveiled on Wednesday, as part of the league-wide schedule roll-out.

We’ve taken our time and dug into the nitty gritty of the upcoming 82 games for the red team. Let’s dive into a few key details of the schedule!

Some administrative notes

The season begins on Tues., Oct. 7 and concludes on Thu., Apr. 16. As with last season, the duration of the regular season will be 192 days.

Roster deadline will be Mon., Oct. 6. For cap calculation purposes, Oct. 6 is Day 0, and teams need to have a cap compliant roster of between 20 and 23 players by 3 p.m. MT.

Assuming he doesn’t miss any games in the interim, Nazem Kadri’s 1,000th NHL game, his 15th of the season, will be Nov. 5 at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

There are no games scheduled between Feb. 6-24 to facilitate the NHL’s participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, in lieu of the traditional All-Star break, but the Flames’ break between games is a couple days longer because that’s how the scheduling worked out.

Trade deadline is expected to be on Fri., Mar. 6, 42 days before the end of the season.

Homestands longer than three games

The Flames have four long homestands:

• They have four home games in a row from Dec. 4-10 (hosting Minnesota, Utah, Buffalo and Detroit)
• They have five home games in a row from Dec. 27-Jan. 5 (hosting Edmonton, Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville and Seattle)
• They have five home games in a row from Jan. 17-25 (hosting NY Islanders, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Washington and Anaheim)
• They have six home games in a row from Mar. 18-28 (hosting St. Louis, Florida, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles, Anaheim and Vancouver)

Road trips longer than three games

The Flames have five long road trips:

• They have four road games in a row from Oct. 28-Nov. 2 (visiting Toronto, Ottawa, Nashville and Philadelphia)
• They have five road games in a row from Nov. 23-Dec. 2 (visiting Vancouver, Tampa Bay, Florida, Carolina and Nashville)
• They have five road games in a row from Jan. 7-15 (visiting Montreal, Boston, Pittsburgh, Columbus and Chicago)
• They have five road games in a row from Mar. 9-16 (visiting Washington, NY Rangers, New Jersey, NY Islanders and Detroit)
• They have six road games in a row from Mar. 30-Apr. 11 (visiting Colorado, Vegas, Anaheim, Dallas, Colorado again and Seattle)

25 of the Flames’ 41 road games are captured in these five road trips.

Shortest time between game times

There are three instances where the Flames have two games start within a 24-hour period:

• Visiting Chicago at 6:30 p.m. MT on Nov. 18, then visiting Buffalo at 5:30 p.m. MT on Nov. 19.
• Hosting Dallas at 8 p.m. MT on Nov. 22, then visiting Vancouver at 7 p.m. MT on Nov. 23.
• Visiting Montreal at 5:30 p.m. MT on Jan. 7, then visiting Boston at 5 p.m. MT on Jan. 8.

Game start times

Aside from a few early starts, including three Saturday matinees, the Flames’ start times this season are surprisingly straight-forward. There are no long weekend matinees this season, likely due to the February Olympic break knocking out the traditional Family Day weekend game. Here’s a rundown of the Flames’ various start times for their 2025-26 games.

1 p.m. MT [1]: 1 home, 0 away – This is a Saturday home date on Jan. 17

1:30 p.m. MT [2]: 0 home, 2 away

2 p.m. MT [3]: 2 home, 1 away – Both of the home games are Saturday matinees, the road game is their Black Friday game in Florida

3 p.m. MT [1]: 0 home, 1 away

4:30 p.m. MT [1]: 0 home, 1 away – This is an Oct. 28 road game in Toronto, with a weird start time as part of ESPN’s Frozen Frenzy gimmick

5 p.m. MT [14]: 2 home, 12 away – The two home dates are Saturdays in the early Hockey Night in Canada slot

5:30 p.m. MT [2]: 0 home, 2 away

6 p.m. MT [10]: 3 home, 7 away – The home dates are Sunday night games

6:30 p.m. MT [5]: 2 home, 3 away

7 p.m. MT [20]: 17 home, 3 away

7:30 p.m. MT [7]: 6 home, 1 away – Two of the home dates are Mondays, the other four are Wednesdays

8 p.m. MT [16]: 8 home, 8 away – Six of the home dates are Saturdays in the late Hockey Night in Canada slot

What do you think of the Flames’ schedule?