Season opener will be on Wednesday, Oct. 9, when Maple Leafs visit the Bell Centre before Habs fly to Boston to play Bruins the next night.
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Stu Cowan • Montreal Gazette
Published Jul 02, 2024 • 2 minute read
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Players and fans stand for the national anthem before a Canadiens game at the Bell Centre last month. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
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The Canadiens will open their 2025-26 NHL season with back-to-back games against Original Six rivals.
The Canadiens released their complete schedule on Tuesday and they will open the campaign on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the Bell Centre against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canadiens will fly to Boston after that game and face the Bruins the next night.
The first Saturday night game at the Bell Centre will be on Oct. 12 against the Ottawa Senators.
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The Utah Hockey Club — formerly the Arizona Coyotes — will make their first visit to the Bell centre on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The Canadiens will play their first game in Utah on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
The Canadiens will once again be on the road for an extended period during the Christmas holidays. They will play the Detroit Red Wings at the Bell Centre on Dec. 21 and will then play their next six games on the road with stops in Columbus on Dec. 23, Florida on Dec. 28, Tampa Bay on Dec. 29, Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve, Chicago on Jan. 3 and Colorado on Jan. 4 before returning home to the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, Jan. 6.
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The Canadiens will also hold their annual Super Bowl weekend matinee games at the Bell Centre with the New Jersey Devils the visitors on Saturday, Feb. 8, followed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 9. Both games will be 1 p.m. starts.
The Canadiens will then have a 12-day break in the schedule from Feb. 10-21 when the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament will be played at the Bell Centre and in Boston with teams made up of NHL players representing Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. That tournament will replace the NHL All-Star Game this season.
The first game of the 4 Nations Face-Off between Canada and Sweden will be at the Bell Centre on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. Three other games will be held at the Bell Centre before the tournament moves to Boston: the United States vs. Finland on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m., followed by a double-header on Saturday, Feb. 15, with Finland playing Sweden at 1 p.m. and the United States against Canada at 8 p.m.
The Canadiens will wrap up the regular season on Wednesday, April 16 when the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Bell Centre.
