The NHL preseason is less than a month away with things scheduled to kick off on September 15th in Shenzhen, China. The Calgary Flames will take on the Boston Bruins as the NHL tries to expand their influence in China before the upcoming 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Last year saw the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks meet in Shanghai and Beijing during the preseason, events that were generally regarded a success.
This preseason will also feature matchups in Germany and Switzerland as the league continues their Global Series Challenge, and several neutral-site games in smaller towns and cities across North America. The full preseason schedule is below (all times central):
Saturday, Sept 15
Boston vs. Calgary, 1:30am *In Shenzhen, China
Sunday, Sept 16
Washington at Boston, 12pm
NY Islanders vs. Philadelphia, 12pm *At Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Arizona at Vegas, 7pm
Monday, Sept 17
Nashville at Florida (split-squad doubleheader), 2:30 and 6pm
Buffalo at Columbus, 6pm
NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 6pm
NY Rangers at New Jersey (split squad), 6pm
New Jersey (split squad) at Montreal, 6:30pm
Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7pm
Edmonton at Calgary, 8pm
Tuesday, Sept 18
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6pm
Boston at Washington, 6pm
Chicago at Columbus, 6pm
Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 6pm
Ottawa vs. Toronto, 6:30pm *In Lucan, Ontario
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 6:30pm
St. Louis at Dallas, 7:30pm
Vegas at Colorado, 8pm
Los Angeles (split squad) at Arizona (split squad), 9pm
Arizona (split squad) at Los Angeles (split squad), 9:30pm
Edmonton at Vancouver, 9:30pm
Anaheim at San Jose, 9:30pm
Wednesday, Sept 19
Boston vs. Calgary (split squad), 6:30am *In Beijing, China
Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 6pm
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 6pm
Toronto at Ottawa, 6:30pm
Florida at Montreal, 6:30pm
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 6:30pm
Minnesota vs. St. Louis, 7pm *In Des Moines, Iowa
Calgary (split squad) at Vancouver, 9pm
Thursday, Sept 20
Montreal vs. Washington, 6pm *In Quebec City, Quebec
New Jersey at NY Islanders, 6pm
Chicago at Detroit, 6:30pm
Dallas at Minnesota, 7pm
Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8pm
San Jose at Anaheim, 9pm
Los Angeles (split squad) at Vancouver, 9pm
Vegas at Los Angeles (split squad), 9:30pm
Friday, Sept 21
NY Islanders vs. Philadelphia, 6pm *In Allentown, Pennsylvania
Buffalo at Toronto, 6:30pm
Chicago at Ottawa, 6:30pm
Washington at Carolina, 6:30pm
Tampa Bay at Nashville, 7pm
Columbus at St. Louis, 7pm
Calgary at Winnipeg, 7pm
Saturday, Sept 22
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 2pm
Colorado at Minnesota, 5pm
Boston at Detroit, 6pm
Ottawa at Montreal, 6pm
Toronto at Buffalo, 6pm
NY Islanders vs. NY Rangers, 6pm *In Bridgeport, Connecticut
Nashville at Tampa Bay, 6pm
Dallas vs. Florida, at Tulsa, Okla. (BOK Center), 7pm
Vancouver at Calgary, 8pm
Anaheim at Arizona, 8pm
Vegas at San Jose, 9pm
Sunday, Sept 23
St. Louis at Columbus, 2pm
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 2pm
Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7pm
Monday, Sept 24
New Jersey at NY Rangers, 6pm
Boston at Philadelphia, 6pm
Montreal at Toronto, 6:30pm
Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30pm
Los Angeles vs. Vancouver, 8pm *In Salt Lake City, Utah
Winnipeg at Calgary, 8pm
Colorado at Vegas, 9pm
Arizona at Anaheim, 9pm
Tuesday, Sept 25
Buffalo vs. Columbus, 6pm *In Clinton, New York
Florida at Tampa Bay, 6:30pm
Washington at St. Louis, 7pm
Carolina at Nashville, 7pm
Detroit at Chicago, 7:30pm
San Jose at Calgary, 8pm
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8pm
Wednesday, Sept 26
Detroit at Boston, 6pm
NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 6pm
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6pm
Toronto at Montreal, 6:30pm
Winnipeg at Minnesota, 7pm
Dallas at Colorado, 8pm
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9pm
Thursday, Sept 27
NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 6pm
Florida vs. Tampa Bay, 6pm *In Orlando, Florida
New Jersey at Winnipeg, 7pm
Ottawa at Chicago, 7:30pm
Arizona at Edmonton, 8pm
Calgary at San Jose, 9:30pm
Friday, Sept 28
Carolina at Washington, 6pm
Pittsburgh at Columbus, 6pm
Buffalo vs. NY Islanders, 6pm *In Oshawa, Ontario
Detroit at Toronto, 6:30pm
Dallas at St. Louis, 7pm
Minnesota at Colorado, 8pm
Los Angeles at Vegas, 9pm
Saturday, Sept 29
Calgary at Edmonton, 2pm
Philadelphia at Boston, 4pm
Toronto at Detroit, 6pm
Tampa Bay at Florida, 6pm
Montreal at Ottawa, 6pm
Columbus at Chicago, 7pm
Arizona vs. Vancouver, 9pm *In Kelowna, British Columbia
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30pm
Sunday, Sept 30
Nashville at Carolina, 12:30pm
St. Louis at Washington, 2pm
Colorado at Dallas, 5pm
San Jose at Vegas, 7pm
Monday, Oct 1
New Jersey vs. SC Bern, 12:30pm *In Bern, Switzerland
Wednesday, Oct 3
Edmonton vs. Kölner Haie, 9am *In Cologne, Germany
That’s quite the turnaround right off the bar for Boston. China game at 1:30 AM Sat, and a game at home on Sunday. It’s still 36 hours I guess.
I was thinking the same for Calgary.
Vs Boston on Sat in China. Then vs Edmonton in Calgary on Monday. Then a Split squad vs Boston again on weds while the other half are in Vancouver. I think this might be off. But is is the nhl and they might just be short on what they are releasing to the media.