Schedule Load 2026-27

26-27 Season at a Glance

• Six heavy weeks, twelve mid, ten light.
• Heaviest week is March 7th: four games, four travel days, two late nights, a B2B, four time-zone shifts, 3,738 km.
• Heavy weeks pair up twice: 29 November into 6 December, and 24 January into 31 January.
• Tightest turnaround is 22 h — @ NYI at 4:00 pm on 30 December into @ CBJ at 2:00 pm on 31 December, with 790 km (1.6 h of air time) in between. The fourteen B2Bs run 22–28 h, puck drop to puck drop.
• Travel distance is in the score at one point per 1,000 km.

The Calendar

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr

October 2026 12 games

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9

1 2@— 3@0 3

4 5 6 7vs3 8 9vs1 10 8

11vs1 12 13@1 14vs0 15 16 17vs2 2

18 19 20vs2 21 22 23 24vs3 10

25 26 27 28vs3 29@0 30 31

November 2026 12 games

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4

1vs2 2 3vs1 4 5 6 7vs3 8

8 9 10@2 11 12@1 13 14vs1 11

15 16 17@2 18 19vs1 20 21@1 11

22 23 24 25vs3 26 27vs1 28@0 14

29 30

December 2026 14 games

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14

1vs2 2 3@1 4 5@1 14

6 7@1 8 9 10@2 11 12@1 8

13 14 15@2 16 17vs1 18 19vs1 5

20 21@1 22 23 24 25 26vs4 10

27 28vs1 29 30@1 31@0

January 2027 14 games

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10

1 2vs1 14

3 4vs1 5 6@1 7 8@1 9 12

10@1 11 12vs1 13 14vs1 15 16vs1 8

17 18@1 19vs0 20 21 22vs2 23 14

24@1 25 26 27 28 29@4 30@0 16

31

February 2027 10 games

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16

1 2vs2 3@0 4 5 6 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13@9 4

14vs0 15 16vs1 17 18 19vs2 20 9

21vs1 22 23vs1 24 25@1 26@0 27 11

28

March 2027 16 games

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11

1@2 2 3vs1 4 5@1 6 19

7@1 8 9vs1 10@0 11 12 13@2 9

14 15vs1 16 17vs1 18@0 19 20 12

21@2 22 23vs1 24@0 25 26vs1 27 9

28@1 29 30vs1 31

April 2027 6 games

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9

1@1 2 3vs1 12

4vs0 5 6@1 7 8@1 9 10@1