🏒 2026-27 NHL Schedule
The schedule, week by week
Every game of the first 84-game season, week by week — Monday to Sunday, the way a fantasy week runs. Tap a week; each night lists who plays whom with the puck drop in Eastern time. Tap a team for its own season, or use the tabs for the games-per-week grid, back-to-backs, the opening and holiday stretches and the month view.
Opening night is Tuesday, September 29 and the season closes Saturday, April 10; the only dark nights are February 4 to 7.
As released July 15, 2026, subject to change. Times converted to Eastern from each venue's local time.
About the 2026-27 NHL schedule
The full 2026-27 NHL schedule week by week: all 1,344 games of the first 84-game season, from September 29 to April 10, each with its matchup and puck drop in Eastern. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, the way a fantasy week runs.
How many games does each team play?
84 each, the first NHL season at that length.