TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The defending Stanley Cup champions will start the upcoming NHL season on home ice in October.
The Tampa Bay Lightning released their 2021-2022 regular season schedule Thursday evening. The Bolts will play 82 games in the upcoming season and will face off against every team in the league, including the new Seattle Kraken expansion team.
The Lightning open play against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 12 at Amalie Arena. They will end their regular season on the road against Columbus in April.
Here’s the schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Date | Opponent | |
| Tue. Oct 12 | Pittsburgh | Thu. Jan 13 | Vancouver | |
| Thu. Oct 14 | At Detroit | Sat. Jan 15 | Dallas | |
| Sat. Oct 16 | At Washington | Tue. Jan 18 | At Los Angeles | |
| Tue. Oct 19 | Florida | Fri. Jan 21 | At Anaheim | |
| Sat. Oct 23 | Colorado | Sat. Jan 22 | At San Jose | |
| Mon. Oct 25 | At Buffalo | Thu. Jan 27 | New Jersey | |
| Tue. Oct 26 | At Pittsburgh | Sat. Jan 29 | Vegas | |
| Thu. Oct 28 | Arizona | Tue. Feb 1 | San Jose | |
| Mon. Nov 1 | Washington | Wed. Feb 23 | Edmonton | |
| Thu. Nov 4 | At Toronto | Sat. Feb 26 | At Nashville | |
| Sat. Nov 6 | At Ottawa | Tue. Mar 1 | Ottawa | |
| Tue. Nov 9 | Carolina | Thu. Mar 3 | Pittsburgh | |
| Sat. Nov 13 | Florida | Fri. Mar 4 | Detroit | |
| Mon. Nov 15 | NY Islanders | Sun. Mar 6 | At Chicago | |
| Thu. Nov 18 | At Philadelphia | Tue. Mar 8 | At Winnipeg | |
| Sat. Nov 20 | New Jersey | Thu. Mar 10 | At Calgary | |
| Sun. Nov 21 | Minnesota | Sat. Mar 12 | At Edmonton | |
| Tue. Nov. 23 | Philadelphia | Sun. Mar 13 | At Vancouver | |
| Fri. Nov 26 | Seattle | Wed. Mar 16 | At Seattle | |
| Sun. Nov 28 | At Minnesota | Sat. Mar 19 | NY Rangers | |
| Tue. Nov 30 | At St. Louis | Tue. Mar 22 | At Carolina | |
| Thu. Dec 2 | St. Louis | Thu. Mar 24 | At Boston | |
| Sat. Dec 4 | At Boston | Sat. Mar 26 | At Detroit | |
| Sun. Dec 5 | At Philadelphia | Sun. Mar 27 | At NY Islanders | |
| Tue. Dec 7 | At Montreal | Tue. Mar 29 | Carolina | |
| Thu. Dec 9 | At Toronto | Fri. April 1 | Chicago | |
| Sat. Dec 11 | At Ottawa | Sat. April 2 | Montreal | |
| Tue. Dec 14 | Los Angeles | Mon. April 4 | Toronto | |
| Thu. Dec 16 | Ottawa | Wed. April 6 | At Washington | |
| Sat. Dec 18 | At Colorado | Fri. April 8 | Boston | |
| Tue. Dec 21 | At Vegas | Sun. April 10 | Buffalo | |
| Thu. Dec 23 | At Arizona | Tue. April 12 | At Dallas | |
| Tue. Dec 28 | Montreal | Thu. April 14 | Anaheim | |
| Thu. Dec 30 | At Florida | Sat. April 16 | Winnipeg | |
| Fri. Dec 31 | NY Rangers | Tue. April 19 | Detroit | |
| Sun. Jan 2 | At NY Rangers | Thu. April 21 | Toronto | |
| Tue. Jan 4 | At Columbus | Sat. April 23 | Nashville | |
| Thu. Jan 6 | Calgary | Sun. April 24 | At Florida | |
| Sat. Jan 8 | Boston | Tue. April 26 | Columbus | |
| Mon. Jan 10 | At New Jersey | Thu. April 28 | At NY Islanders | |
| Tue. Jan 11 | At Buffalo | Fri. April 29 | At Columbus |
If you can’t see the schedule above, you can see it here.
