NHL Releases Full 2025-26 Schedule With Final 82-Game Season
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 4:57 pm
The NHL released the full 2025-26 schedule Wednesday, the final 82-game season before the new collective bargaining agreement kicks in and increases it to 84.
The league\'s 32 teams will combine to play 1,312 games between Oct. 7 and April 16 with the playoffs to run from the following weekend through much of June. Beginning in 2026-27, there will be 1,344 games -- the most in NHL history.
Alex Ovechkin will begin his 21st season Oct. 8 when he and the Washington Capitals host Boston. Ovechkin is at 897 career goals after breaking Wayne Gretzky\'s record and can add to his total at age 40.
Via ESPN.com