NHL announces preseason schedule for 2025-26 season

The NHL has announced the preseason schedule for the 2025-26 season.

This year’s preseason will take place over the course of 15 days, with 104 games being featured on the slate across 40 NHL and neutral-site venues.

Included in this season’s preseason schedule will be nine games played in neutral sites in Abbotsford, British Columbia; Bakersfield, California; Boise, Idaho; Hershey, Pennsylvania; Ontario, California; Orlando, Florida; and Quebec City, Quebec. Also included among the neutral sites will be a game held between the Colorado Avalanche and Utah Mammoth at Magness Arena in Denver, Colorado, which is home to the University of Denver hockey teams.

This will also be the last time teams are able to play six to eight preseason games, as the new collective bargaining agreement will only allow for a maximum of four games for a team starting next year.

The preseason will open on Sept. 20 and end on Oct. 4, with the regular season beginning on Oct. 7.

The preseason schedules is as follows, with all start times being in Eastern Standard Time.

Saturday, Sept. 20
St. Louis at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 21
NY Rangers at New Jersey, 1 p.m.
Florida (split squad) at Nashville (split squad), 3 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa, 3 p.m.
Colorado (split squad) vs. Utah (split squad), 4:30 p.m. (played in Denver at neutral-site Magness Arena)
Minnesota at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 5 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Los Angeles, at Ontario, Calif. (Toyota Arena), 6 p.m.
Florida (split squad) at Nashville (split squad), 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Calgary (split squad) at Edmonton (split squad), 8 p.m.
Edmonton (split squad) at Calgary (split squad), 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 8 p.m.
Vegas at San Jose, 8 p.m.
Utah (split squad) at Colorado (split squad), 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 22
Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Utah at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 23
Boston at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
NY Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 24
Florida at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Calgary vs. Vancouver, at Abbotsford, B.C. (Abbotsford Centre), 10 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 25
Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p.m.
NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Washington, at Hershey, Pa. (GIANT Center), 7 p.m.
Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Utah at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 26
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Seattle at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Vegas at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 27
Detroit at Buffalo, 3 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Los Angeles, at Bakersfield, Calif. (Dignity Health Arena), 6 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 28
New Jersey (split squad) vs. Ottawa, at Quebec City, Que. (Videotron Centre), 3 p.m.
Washington at New Jersey (split squad), 3 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 29
Carolina at Florida, 6 p.m.
NY Rangers at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Seattle, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 30
Florida vs. Tampa Bay, at Orlando, Fla. (Kia Center), 7 p.m.
Montreal vs. Ottawa, at Quebec City, Que. (Videotron Centre), 7 p.m.
Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Vegas at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles vs. Utah, at Boise, Idaho (Idaho Central Arena), 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 1
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Vegas, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 2
Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Utah, 9 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4
NY Rangers at Boston, 2 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Utah, 9 p.m.