The Colorado Avalanche released its schedule for the 2025-26 regular season on Wednesday, with the team set to drop the puck on Oct. 7 at the Los Angeles Kings.
The Avs’ regular-season opener will be quickly followed by a pair of home games against Utah (Oct. 9) and Dallas (Oct. 11) at Ball Arena, kicking off a schedule that concludes with a home game against Seattle on April 16.
The season begins earlier than normal in order to make room for a 20-day break for the Winter Olympics at Milan and Cortina, Italy, in February. The Avs will play 12 back-to-back sets of games, and March is the busiest month on the schedule with 15 total games. A seven-game homestand will run between Jan. 8-23 — the first such homestand since the 2020-21 season.
The Avs are also set to play a franchise-record 18 afternoon games during the regular season, five of which will be at Ball Arena.
Single-game tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., while season tickets and partial deposits are already open. For more information, visit nhl.com/avalanche/tickets.
All 82 games will be available on Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM or 950 AM. Altitude TV broadcast dates will be revealed at a later date.
Colorado Avalanche 2025-26 schedule
Day
Date
Opponent
Time
Tue.
Oct. 7
at Los Angeles
8:30 p.m.
Thu.
Oct. 9
Utah
7 p.m.
Sat.
Oct. 11
Dallas
7 p.m.
Mon.
Oct. 13
at Buffalo
10:30 a.m.
Thu.
Oct. 16
at Columbus
5 p.m.
Sat.
Oct. 18
Boston
7 p.m.
Tue.
Oct. 21
at Utah
8 p.m.
Thu.
Oct. 23
Carolina
7 p.m.
Sat.
Oct. 25
at Boston
1 p.m.
Sun.
Oct. 26
at New Jersey
11 a.m.
Tue.
Oct. 28
New Jersey
7 p.m.
Fri.
Oct. 31
at Vegas
2 p.m.
Sat.
Nov. 1
at San Jose
2 p.m.
Tue.
Nov. 4
Tampa Bay
7:30 p.m.
Sat.
Nov. 8
at Edmonton
8 p.m.
Sun.
Nov. 9
at Vancouver
8 p.m.
Tue.
Nov. 11
Anaheim
7:30 p.m.
Thu.
Nov. 13
Buffalo
7 p.m.
Sun.
Nov. 16
N.Y. Islanders
7 p.m.
Thu.
Nov. 20
N.Y. Rangers
7 p.m.
Sat.
Nov. 22
at Nashville
6 p.m.
Sun.
Nov. 23
at Chicago
5 p.m.
Wed.
Nov. 26
San Jose
7 p.m.
Fri.
Nov. 28
at Minnesota
1:30 p.m.
Sat.
Nov. 29
Montreal
1 p.m.
Tue.
Dec. 2
Vancouver
7 p.m.
Thu.
Dec. 4
at N.Y. Islanders
5 p.m.
Sat.
Dec. 6
at N.Y. Rangers
10:30 a.m.
Sun.
Dec. 7
at Philadelphia
11 a.m.
Tue.
Dec. 9
at Nashville
7:30 p.m.
Thu.
Dec. 11
Florida
7 p.m.
Sat.
Dec. 13
Nashville
7 p.m.
Tue.
Dec. 16
at Seattle
8 p.m.
Fri.
Dec. 19
Winnipeg
7 p.m.
Sun.
Dec. 21
at Minnesota
4 p.m.
Tue.
Dec. 23
Utah
7 p.m.
Sat.
Dec. 27
at Vegas
8 p.m.
Mon.
Dec. 29
Los Angeles
7 p.m.
Wed.
Dec. 31
St. Louis
7 p.m.
Sat.
Jan. 3
at Carolina
5 p.m.
Sun.
Jan. 4
at Florida
3 p.m.
Tue.
Jan. 6
at Tampa Bay
5 p.m.
Thu.
Jan. 8
Ottawa
7 p.m.
Sat.
Jan. 10
Columbus
2 p.m.
Mon.
Jan. 12
Toronto
8 p.m.
Fri.
Jan. 16
Nashville
7 p.m.
Mon.
Jan. 19
Washington
2 p.m.
Wed.
Jan. 21
Anaheim
7 p.m.
Fri.
Jan. 23
Philadelphia
7 p.m.
Sun.
Jan. 25
at Toronto
Noon.
Wed.
Jan. 28
at Ottawa
5:30 p.m.
Thu.
Jan. 29
at Montreal
5 p.m.
Sat.
Jan. 31
at Detroit
11 a.m.
Mon.
Feb. 2
Detroit
7 p.m.
Wed.
Feb. 4
San Jose
7 p.m.
Wed.
Feb. 25
at Utah
7 p.m.
Thu.
Feb. 26
Minnesota
7 p.m.
Sat.
Feb. 28
Chicago
4 p.m.
Mon.
Mar. 2
at Los Angeles
8:30 p.m.
Tue.
Mar. 3
at Anaheim
8 p.m.
Fri.
Mar. 6
at Dallas
6 p.m.
Sun.
Mar. 8
Minnesota
Noon.
Tue.
Mar. 10
Edmonton
8 p.m.
Thu.
Mar. 12
at Seattle
8 p.m.
Sat.
Mar. 14
at Winnipeg
2 p.m.
Mon.
Mar. 16
Pittsburgh
7:30 p.m.
Wed.
Mar. 18
Dallas
7:30 p.m.
Fri.
Mar. 20
at Chicago
6:30 p.m.
Sun.
Mar. 22
at Washington
10:30 a.m.
Tue.
Mar. 24
at Pittsburgh
5 p.m.
Thu.
Mar. 26
at Winnipeg
6 p.m.
Sat.
Mar. 28
Winnipeg
5 p.m.
Mon.
Mar. 30
Calgary
6:30 p.m.
Wed.
Apr. 1
Vancouver
6:30 p.m.
Sat.
Apr. 4
at Dallas
1 p.m.
Sun.
Apr. 5
St. Louis
7:30 p.m.
Tue.
Apr. 7
at St. Louis
6 p.m.
Thu.
Apr. 9
Calgary
7 p.m.
Sat.
Apr. 11
Vegas
6 p.m.
Mon.
Apr. 13
at Edmonton
7:30 p.m.
Tue.
Apr. 14
at Calgary
7 p.m.
Thu.
Apr. 16
Seattle
8:30 p.m.
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Originally Published: July 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM MDT