Brodie’s Breakdown: 2025-26 Schedule Release

Brodie’s Breakdown: 2025-26 Schedule Release

The schedule is now officially set for the 35th season of Sharks hockey. You can get it, plus all the details on promotional giveaways right now at sjsharks.com. But in this video, five deeper looks at what lies ahead for Sharks players and you, the fans, in this upcoming season. First off, 27 of the 41 home games now drop the puck by default at 700 p.m. That’s 30 minutes earlier from how it’s traditionally always been at the tank. And quite honestly, it’s great that the league and the team were able to do this for the fans. This change was made based on feedback from Sharks 365 members and the fan base in general. It means most games will be wrapped up before the 10:00 hour hits and gets Sharks fans from far and wide home at a much more decent hour. Second, there’s also seven, that’s right, seven home games this year scheduled to begin at 100 p.m. Another three that begin at 5:00 p.m. and one which gets underway at 400 p.m. As the father of an 8-year-old, honestly, we could not be more excited about this. The early start times are also all handpicked around weekends and holidays, so it is the perfect opportunity for young families to reward the next generation of Sharks fans by visiting the tank. Also, it certainly doesn’t hurt for a young ascending team like the Sharks to get that by coastal exposure and attention that they deserve. Considering hockeyy’s largest contingent resides in the Eastern time zone, it sure is nice to get Teal on the televisions a lot earlier than 1:00 a.m. Third is that 3-week break for the Sharks in February due to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. Now, this is the first time NHL players have participated in the game since 2014. It does mean a complete shutdown of the NHL and only four total games for the Sharks in February. While some kind of late season break in the schedule certainly isn’t new, it hasn’t been this extended in quite some time. It’s good for hockey fans obviously to see best on best in this world format. But it also should help a lot of teams, maybe even the Sharks, heal up and get ready for the final seven weeks of the regular season and maybe beyond. Fourth, because of that lengthy Olympic break, the rest of this season also has to be appropriately condensed. That means only three times on the calendar will the Sharks get a 3-day break. The schedule also features 17 backtobacks, including four straight in the month of January alone. This is definitely going to be a challenge for not only the Sharks, but all NHL teams to manage rest with players, but also try and squeeze in those valuable practice days where possible. And lastly, all the nuts and bolts of what you need to know. Opening night, it’s at home October 9th against Las Vegas. And the season finale is April 16th on the road against Winnipeg. In total, it’s 82 games in 189 days. Balance-wise, there’s 11 tilts in October, 15 in November, 14 in December, 13 in January, those four in February with 15 in March, and 10 concluding in April. The longest home stands are six games each. That’ll happen twice. And the longest road trips are five games each. Those will happen three times in the course of the season. In terms of divisional opponents, San Jose plays the Kings three times and plays everybody else in the Pacific Division four times. It’s also three matchups with each of the Central Division teams and twice against every other Eastern Conference opponent. If Matthew Schaefer and Michael Misa both make their respective NHL teams and are in the lineup on that day, we will see number one and number two from the most recent draft face off for real on October 21st when the Islanders host the Sharks. We can’t wait to get things going again. By the way, preeason starts September 21st at the tank against the Golden Knights.

New game times? Olympic break? Big matchups? Brodie Brazil’s got the full rundown of the 2025–26 Sharks schedule.