The NHL has officially announced the first three games of the 2025-26 regular season, with the remainder of the schedule to be unveiled on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET.
The Florida Panthers host the Chicago Blackhawks at 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 7. On that night, they will raise their 2025 Stanley Cup banner. The Pittsburgh Penguins will visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden at 8 p.m. ET, followed by the Colorado Avalanche visiting the Los Angeles Kings at 10:30 pm. ET.
The rest of the NHL schedule, which will include the Columbus Blue Jackets' full 82-game slate, will be released on July 16.
The schedule is usually out by now, but with the 2026 Winter Olympics being factored into the schedule, that could be the reason.
Others have speculated that the NHL wanted to wait a little bit longer so we could get an idea of where all the free agents would wind up, thus providing some key matchups of new team vs. old, i.e. Mitch Marner and Nikolaj Ehlers, and all of the Florida Panthers. But now we know where they'll be, the NHL is ready to release it.
Stay tuned on Wednesday for the Columbus Blue Jackets schedule release.
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