TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday announced the team’s 2025-26 regular-season schedule.
The Bolts, who have reached eight consecutive postseasons but have failed to advance past the first round the last three, open the season at home against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, Oct. 9.
The Lightning will play all teams in the NHL a minimum of two times and will take on each team in the Atlantic Division four times, with the exceptions of Ottawa and the Toronto Maple Leafs, which they will play on three occasions.
Tampa Bay’s longest homestand of the season will include seven consecutive games at Amalie Arena from March 24 through April 4.
The longest road trip of the year will consist of five games from January 10-18. Tampa Bay is also set to tackle five separate, four-game road trips.
In what is expected to be one of the premier events of the season, the Bolts will host the Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1.
Tampa Bay will compete in the NHL Stadium Series for the second time in franchise history after defeating the Nashville Predators, 3-2, at Nissan Stadium on Feb. 26, 2022.
The schedule also includes a break from Feb. 6-22 for the 2026 Olympic Games.
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