Colorado Avalanche 2025-26 schedule: All games and start times for upcoming season

The 2025-26 regular season schedule for the Colorado Avalanche was released on Wednesday morning, highlighted by an early playoff rematch with the Dallas Stars at home

BY TRENT FINNEGAN

Jul 16, 2025, 11:46 AM Updated: 11:47 am

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The NHL released the full schedule for the 2025-26 season on Wednesday morning for the Colorado Avalanche and the rest of the league.

It’s been three years since the Avalanche climbed the mountaintop and lifted the Stanley Cup a mile high, and with Nathan MacKinnon entering his 13th season and Gabriel Landeskog coming off one of the most brutal injuries in the history of hockey, there’s no telling how many more seasons are in the Avalanche’s title window.

The Avalanche’s schedule is highlighted by an early playoff rematch with the Dallas Stars in October, a seven-game homestand in January, 12 back-to-backs and a busy March that features 15 games. The season will wrap up at home for the second time in five years with a matchup against the Seattle Kraken on April 16.

There are two breaks in the schedule this season, one for the holiday from Dec. 24-26, and another for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games from Feb. 6-24.

The Avalanche have a handful of notable home games, including Nikita Kucherov, who beat out both Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar for the Ted Lindsay Award last season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 4, the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Dec. 11 and Connor Hellebuyck, last year’s Hart Memorial Trophy winner, and the Winnipeg Jets on Dec. 19 and March 28.

The only game that is on national TV at the moment is the season opener against the Los Angeles Kings, which will be broadcast on ESPN. There will be plenty more games that will be nationally televised, and details about those will be available down the road.

For a calendar view of the Avalanche’s schedule, click here.

*All times listed are mountain*

OCTOBER
Tue	Oct. 7	at Los Angeles	8:30 p.m.
Thu	Oct. 9	UTAH	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Oct. 11	DALLAS	7:00 p.m.
Mon	Oct. 13	at Buffalo	10:30 a.m.
Thu	Oct. 16	at Columbus	5:00 p.m.
Sat	Oct. 18	BOSTON	7:00 p.m.
Tue	Oct. 21	at Utah	8:00 p.m.
Thu	Oct. 23	CAROLINA	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Oct. 25	at Boston	1:00 p.m.
Sun	Oct. 26	at New Jersey	11:00 a.m.
Tue	Oct. 28	NEW JERSEY	7:00 p.m.
Fri	Oct. 31	at Vegas	2:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER
Sat	Nov. 1	at San Jose	2:00 p.m.
Tue	Nov. 4	TAMPA BAY	7:30 p.m.
Sat	Nov. 8	at Edmonton	8:00 p.m.
Sun	Nov. 9	at Vancouver	8:00 p.m.
Tue	Nov. 11	ANAHEIM	7:30 p.m.
Thu	Nov. 13	BUFFALO	7:00 p.m.
Sun	Nov. 16	NY ISLANDERS	7:00 p.m.
Thu	Nov. 20	NY RANGERS	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Nov. 22	at Nashville	6:00 p.m.
Sun	Nov. 23	at Chicago	5:00 p.m.
Wed	Nov. 26	SAN JOSE	7:00 p.m.
Fri	Nov. 28	at Minnesota	1:30 p.m.
Sat	Nov. 29	MONTREAL	1:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
Tue	Dec. 2	VANCOUVER	7:00 p.m.
Thu	Dec. 4	at NY Islanders	5:00 p.m.
Sat	Dec. 6	at NY Rangers	10:30 a.m.
Sun	Dec. 7	at Philadelphia	11:00 a.m.
Tue	Dec. 9	at Nashville	7:30 p.m.
Thu	Dec. 11	FLORIDA	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Dec. 13	NASHVILLE	7:00 p.m.
Tue	Dec. 16	at Seattle	8:00 p.m.
Fri	Dec. 19	WINNIPEG	7:00 p.m.
Sun	Dec. 21	at Minnesota	4:00 p.m.
Tue	Dec. 23	UTAH	7:00 p.m.
NHL HOLIDAY BREAK
Sat	Dec. 27	at Vegas	8:00 p.m.
Mon	Dec. 29	LOS ANGELES	7:00 p.m.
Wed	Dec. 31	ST. LOUIS	7:00 p.m.
JANUARY
Sat	Jan. 3	at Carolina	5:00 p.m.
Sun	Jan. 4	at Florida	3:00 p.m.
Tue	Jan. 6	at Tampa Bay	5:00 p.m.
Thu	Jan. 8	OTTAWA	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Jan. 10	COLUMBUS	2:00 p.m.
Mon	Jan. 12	TORONTO	8:00 p.m.
Fri	Jan. 16	NASHVILLE	7:00 p.m.
Mon	Jan. 19	WASHINGTON	2:00 p.m.
Wed	Jan. 21	ANAHEIM	7:00 p.m.
Fri	Jan. 23	PHILADELPHIA	7:00 p.m.
Sun	Jan. 25	at Toronto	12:00 p.m.
Wed	Jan. 28	at Ottawa	5:30 p.m.
Thu	Jan. 29	at Montreal	5:00 p.m.
Sat	Jan. 31	at Detroit	11:00 a.m.
FEBRUARY
Mon	Feb. 2	DETROIT	7:00 p.m.
Wed	Feb. 4	SAN JOSE	7:00 p.m.
OLYMPIC BREAK
Wed	Feb. 25	at Utah	7:00 p.m.
Thu	Feb. 26	MINNESOTA	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Feb. 28	CHICAGO	4:00 p.m.
MARCH
Mon	Mar. 2	at Los Angeles	8:30 p.m.
Tue	Mar. 3	at Anaheim	8:00 p.m.
Fri	Mar. 6	at Dallas	6:00 p.m.
Sun	Mar. 8	MINNESOTA	12:00 p.m.
Tue	Mar. 10	EDMONTON	8:00 p.m.
Thu	Mar. 12	at Seattle	8:00 p.m.
Sat	Mar. 14	at Winnipeg	2:00 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	5:00 p.m.
Thu	Mar. 26	at Winnipeg	6:00 p.m.
Sat	Mar. 28	WINNIPEG	5:00 p.m.
Mon	Mar. 30	CALGARY	6:30 p.m.
APRIL
Wed	Apr. 1	VANCOUVER	6:30 p.m.
Sat	Apr. 4	at Dallas	1:00 p.m.
Sun	Apr. 5	ST. LOUIS	7:30 p.m.
Tue	Apr. 7	at St. Louis	6:00 p.m.
Thu	Apr. 9	CALGARY	7:00 p.m.
Sat	Apr. 11	VEGAS	6:00 p.m.
Mon	Apr. 13	at Edmonton	7:30 p.m.
Tue	Apr. 14	at Calgary	7:00 p.m.
Thu	Apr. 16	SEATTLE	8:30 p.m.