Flames release 2025-26 regular season schedule

After a bit of a wait, the National Hockey League released the 2025-26 regular season schedule! The Calgary Flames’ next 82 regular season games have been unveiled, representing their second-last season at the historic Scotiabank Saddledome.

Their schedule begins on the road in Edmonton against the Oilers on Wed., Oct. 8. Then they visit Vancouver on Thu., Oct. 9 in the Canucks’ home-opener before returning home for a Saturday matinee on Oct. 11 against the St. Louis Blues in the first Saddledome game of the regular season.

Here’s the breakdown of the schedule overall:

Within the Pacific Division:

• 4 games (2 home, 2 away) against Anaheim, Edmonton, Los Angeles, San Jose and Vegas
• 3 games (2 home, 1 away) against Seattle
• 3 games (1 home, 2 away) against Vancouver

Within the Central Division:

• 3 games (2 home, 1 away) against Winnipeg, St. Louis, Utah and Dallas
• 3 games (1 home, 2 away) against Chicago, Nashville, Minnesota and Colorado

Within the Eastern Conference

• 2 games (1 home, 1 away) against everybody

There will be four Battles of Alberta this season for just the second time since the Flames and Oilers met in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. (The rotating schedule matrix in-division is very odd.)

The Olympic break for the Flames will begin after their Feb. 4 game at home against Edmonton and last until they return to action on Feb. 26 in San Jose.

In terms of big home dates to keep an eye on:

• The Battles of Alberta in the Saddledome are Dec. 27 and Feb. 4.
• Vancouver visits for the lone time on Mar. 28.
• Montreal visits on Oct. 22.
• Toronto visits on Feb. 2.
• The annual New Year’s Eve game on Dec. 31 has Dan Vladar and the Philadelphia Flyers visiting.

The longest homestand is six games, from Mar. 18-28, with the Flames hosting St. Louis, Florida, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles, Anaheim and Vancouver.

The longest road trip of the season is six games, from Mar. 30 to Apr. 11, and features stops in Colorado, Vegas, Anaheim, Dallas, Colorado again, and Seattle.

The Flames will play in nine back-to-back sets, all involving travel:

• Oct. 8 in Edmonton and Oct. 9 in Vancouver.
• Oct. 14 at home against Vegas and Oct. 15 in Utah.
• Nov. 1 in Nashville and Nov. 2 in Philadelphia.
• Nov. 18 in Chicago and Nov. 19 in Buffalo.
• Nov. 22 at home against Dallas and Nov. 23 in Vancouver.
• Dec. 7 in Montreal and Dec. 8 in Boston.
• Feb. 28 in Los Angeles and Mar. 1 in Anaheim.
• Mar. 9 in Washington and Mar. 10 in New York against the Rangers.
• Apr. 11 in Seattle and Apr. 12 at home against Utah

If you’re a fan looking for “fun” trip ideas for road games:

• The Flames play in Vegas on Oct. 18 and Apr. 2.
• The Flames visit Montreal on Jan. 7.
• The Flames visit Nashville on Nov. 1 and Dec. 2.
• The Flames go through California in the spring, with San Jose on Feb. 26, Los Angeles on Feb. 28 and Anaheim on Mar. 1. They’re also in Los Angeles and San Jose in December, but the other visit to Anaheim is in April as part of the weird long road trip.
• The New York trip is in March as part of a longer road swing, with the Rangers on Mar. 10, the Devils on Mar. 12 and the Islanders on Mar. 14.

What do you think of the 2025-26 schedule?