The Tampa Bay Lightning schedule was released today. Some dates to highlight:
October 6 – Home opener vs. Panthers
November 16 –Ben Bishop returns to Tampa
December 19 – First trip to Las Vegas
December 28 – Jonathan Drouin returns to Tampa
Bolts face Stanley Cup champion Penguins twice in the first 10 games. Lightning has an eight-game homestand in March.
Tampa Bay will host the 2018 NHL All-Star Game during the weekend of January 27-29. The League’s mid-season showcase will take place at Amalie Arena and will include the NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the NHL All-Star Game.
Tampa Bay Lightning 2017-18 schedule
| OCTOBER | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | W/L |
| Friday | Oct. 6 | Florida | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Oct. 7 | at Florida | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Oct. 9 | Washington | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Oct. 12 | Pittsburgh | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Oct. 14 | St. Louis | 8 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Oct. 16 | at Detroit | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Oct. 17 | at New Jersey | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Oct. 19 | Pittsburgh | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Oct. 24 | at Carolina | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Oct. 26 | Detroit | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Oct. 28 | Anaheim | 10 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Oct. 30 | at Florida | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| NOVEMBER | ||||
| Thursday | Nov. 2 | N.Y. Rangers | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Nov. 4 | Columbus | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Wednesday | Nov. 8 | at San Jose | 10:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Nov. 9 | at Los Angeles | 10:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Sunday | Nov. 12 | at Anaheim | 8 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Nov. 16 | Dallas | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Nov. 18 | N.Y. Islanders | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Wednesday | Nov. 22 | Chicago | 8:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Friday | Nov. 24 | at Washington | 5 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Nov. 25 | at Pittsburgh | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Nov. 28 | at Buffalo | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Wednesday | Nov. 29 | at Boston | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| DECEMBER | _________ | |||
| Saturday | Dec. 2 | San Jose | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Dec. 5 | N.Y. Islanders | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Dec. 7 | Colorado | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Dec. 9 | Winnipeg | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Dec. 12 | at St. Louis | 8 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Dec. 14 | at Arizona | 9 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Dec. 16 | at Colorado | 9 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Dec. 19 | at Las Vegas | 10 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Dec. 21 | Ottawa | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Dec. 23 | Minnesota | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Dec. 28 | Montreal | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Friday | Dec. 29 | Philadelphia | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Sunday | Dec. 31 | at Columbus | 6 p.m. | _________ |
| JANUARY | ||||
| Tuesday | Jan. 2 | at Toronto | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Jan. 4 | at Montreal | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Jan. 6 | at Ottawa | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Sunday | Jan. 7 | at Detroit | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Jan. 9 | Carolina | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Jan. 11 | Calgary | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Jan. 18 | Las Vegas | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Jan. 20 | at Minnesota | 9 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Jan. 22 | at Chicago | 8:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Jan. 23 | at Nashville | 8 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Jan. 25 | at Philadelphia | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Jan. 30 | at Winnipeg | 8 p.m. | _________ |
| FEBRUARY | ||||
| Thursday | Feb. 1 | at Calgary | 9 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Feb. 3 | at Vancouver | 10 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Feb. 5 | at Edmonton | 9 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Feb. 8 | Vancouver | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Feb. 10 | Los Angeles | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Feb. 12 | at Toronto | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Feb. 13 | at Buffalo | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Feb. 15 | Detroit | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Feb. 17 | New Jersey | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | Feb. 20 | at Washington | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | Feb. 22 | at Ottawa | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | Feb. 24 | at Montreal | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | Feb. 26 | Toronto | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Wednesday | Feb. 28 | Buffalo | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| MARCH | ||||
| Thursday | March 1 | at Dallas | 8:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | March 3 | Philadelphia | 1 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | March 6 | Florida | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | March 8 | N.Y. Rangers | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | March 10 | Montreal | 1 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | March 13 | Ottawa | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | March 17 | Boston | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Sunday | March 18 | Edmonton | 5 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | March 20 | Toronto | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | March 22 | at N.Y. Islanders | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | March 24 | at New Jersey | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| Monday | March 26 | Arizona | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Thursday | March 29 | at Bostson | 7 p.m. | _________ |
| APRIL | ||||
| Sunday | April 1 | Nashville | 6 p.m. | _________ |
| Tuesday | April 3 | Boston | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Friday | April 6 | Buffalo | 7:30 p.m. | _________ |
| Saturday | April 7 | at Carolina | 7 p.m. | _________ |
Lightning schedule by the numbers
12 — Sets of back-to-back games, including the first two games and final two
9 — Of the 12 games in January that are on the road; the Jan. 27-28 All-Star Game splits up a stretch of eight consecutive road games between January and February
8 — Consecutive home games from March 3-20, the longest homestand of the season
6 — Games in 10 nights to end the season, including two back-to-backs
1 — Trip to Las Vegas to face the expansion Golden Knights (Dec. 19)
(Scheule courtesy of Tampa Bay Times.)
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