NHL's Regular Season 2015-16 will start on October 7, 201, with a four-game slate, highlighted by the 2014-15 champions Chicago Blackhawks raising their third championship banner in the past six seasons.
The 1,230-game regular-season schedule – 82 games per team – will conclude on Saturday, April 9, with all 30 teams in action.
Blackhawks together with the other three games on the open night of the season 2015-16: the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs re-new their "Original Six" rivalry at Air Canada Centre; the Vancouver Canucks visit the Calgary Flames in a re-match of a 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round series; and the Los Angeles Kings play host to the San Jose Sharks at STAPLES Center.
The 2015-16 season marks the first season the New York Islanders, will play their home games at Barclays Center.
The League's regular-season schedule will pause from Jan. 28 – Feb. 1, and the world's top players can gather in Nashville for the 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend.
The scheduling matrix, ensures that all 30 teams play in all 30 arenas at least once a season:
Eastern Conference (8-Team Divisions)
Within Conference (Division): 30 games
* 5 games vs. two teams (3 Home/2 Away vs. one team, 2 Home/3 Away vs. one team) AND
4 games vs. five teams (2 Home/2 Away). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
* 5 x 2 =10 games
* 4 x 5 = 20 games
Within Conference (Non-Division): 24 games
* 3 games vs. each team (2 Home/1 Away vs. four teams, 1 Home/2 Away vs. four teams).
Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
* 3 x 8 = 24 games
Non-Conference: 28 games
* 2 games vs. each team (1 Home/1 Away)
* 2 x 14 = 28 games
Western Conference (7-Team Divisions)
Within Conference (Division): 29 games
* 5 games vs. five teams (3 Home/2 Away vs. two teams, 2 Home/3 Away vs. three teams) AND
4 games vs. one team (2 Home/2 Away). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
* 5 x 5 =25 games
* 1 x 4 = 4 games
Within Conference (Non-Division): 21 games
* 3 games vs. each team (2 Home/1 Away vs. four teams, 1 Home/2 Away vs. three teams).
Teams rotated on a yearly basis.
* 3 x 7 = 21 games
Non-Conference: 32 games
* 2 games vs. each team (1 Home/1 Away)
* 2 x 16 = 32 games
Exception: One team from each division plays one less game inside division and one more game inside conference outside division.
Schedule Notes
Regular Season Opens: Wednesday, Oct. 7
Christmas Break: Wednesday, Dec. 23 – Friday, Dec. 25
All-Star Break: Thursday, Jan. 28 – Monday, Feb. 1
Last Day of Regular Season: Saturday, April 9
Click on team logo for complete 82-game schedule
Schedule by date: visit NHL website
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