The NHL has announced the release of its 2021-22 schedule, which will return to a traditional 82-game regular season.
The Avalanche will host the Chicago Blackhawks at Ball Arena for their season opener on Oct. 13.
With the Seattle Kraken expansion, the NHL will have four divisions of eight teams, meaning the Arizona Coyotes will join the Central Division. The Avs will play 26 games against Central Division foes. They face the Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets and Arizona four teams, each. And the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues three times.
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Colorado will also play 32 games against the Pacific Division, facing each team three times. And 32 games against the Eastern Conference, a total of two games against each of the 16 teams.
The schedule also has a break in February for both the All-Star Game and the 2022 Olympics. If the NHL is unable to come to terms with the International Olympic Committee on Olympic participation, then an altered schedule will be released at a later time.
The Avs will also have 11 back-to-back sets and conclude their regular season on April 29.
Start times will be announced at a later date.
Full 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche Schedule
OCTOBER
Wed Oct. 13 CHICAGO
Sat Oct. 16 ST. LOUIS
Tue Oct. 19 at Washington
Thu Oct. 21 at Florida
Sat Oct. 23 at Tampa Bay
Tue Oct. 26 VEGAS
Thu Oct. 28 at St. Louis
Sat Oct. 30 MINNESOTA
NOVEMBER
Wed Nov. 3 COLUMBUS
Sat Nov. 6 at Columbus
Thu Nov. 11 VANCOUVER
Sat Nov. 13 SAN JOSE
Wed Nov. 17 at Vancouver
Fri Nov. 19 at Seattle
Mon Nov. 22 OTTAWA
Wed Nov. 24 ANAHEIM
Fri Nov. 26 at Dallas
Sat Nov. 27 NASHVILLE
DECEMBER
Wed Dec. 1 at Toronto
Thu Dec. 2 at Montreal
Sat Dec. 4 at Ottawa
Mon Dec. 6 at Philadelphia
Wed Dec. 8 at NY Rangers
Fri Dec. 10 DETROIT
Sun Dec. 12 FLORIDA
Tue Dec. 14 NY RANGERS
Thu Dec. 16 at Nashville
Sat Dec. 18 TAMPA BAY
Mon Dec. 20 at Detroit
Wed Dec. 22 at Buffalo
Thu Dec. 23 at Boston
Mon Dec. 27 at Vegas
Wed Dec. 29 DALLAS
Fri Dec. 31 at Dallas
JANUARY
Sun Jan. 2 ANAHEIM
Tue Jan. 4 at Chicago
Thu Jan. 6 WINNIPEG
Sat Jan. 8 TORONTO
Mon Jan. 10 SEATTLE
Tue Jan. 11 at Nashville
Fri Jan. 14 ARIZONA
Sat Jan. 15 at Arizona
Mon Jan. 17 MINNESOTA
Wed Jan. 19 at Anaheim
Thu Jan. 20 at Los Angeles
Sat Jan. 22 MONTREAL
Mon Jan. 24 CHICAGO
Wed Jan. 26 BOSTON
Fri Jan. 28 at Chicago
Sun Jan. 30 BUFFALO
FEBRUARY
Tue Feb. 1 ARIZONA
ALL-STAR / OLYMPIC BREAK
Fri Feb. 25 WINNIPEG
Sat Feb. 26 at Vegas
MARCH
Tue Mar. 1 NY ISLANDERS
Thu Mar. 3 at Arizona
Sat Mar. 5 CALGARY
Mon Mar. 7 at NY Islanders
Tue Mar. 8 at New Jersey
Thu Mar. 10 at Carolina
Sun Mar. 13 CALGARY
Tue Mar. 15 at Los Angeles
Fri Mar. 18 at San Jose
Mon Mar. 21 EDMONTON
Wed Mar. 23 VANCOUVER
Fri Mar. 25 PHILADELPHIA
Sun Mar. 27 at Minnesota
Tue Mar. 29 at Calgary
Thu Mar. 31 SAN JOSE
APRIL
Sat Apr. 2 PITTSBURGH
Tue Apr. 5 at Pittsburgh
Fri Apr. 8 at Winnipeg
Sat Apr. 9 at Edmonton
Wed Apr. 13 LOS ANGELES
Thu Apr. 14 NEW JERSEY
Sat Apr. 16 CAROLINA
Mon Apr. 18 WASHINGTON
Wed Apr. 20 at Seattle
Fri Apr. 22 at Edmonton
Sun Apr. 24 at Winnipeg
Tue Apr. 26 ST. LOUIS
Thu Apr. 28 NASHVILLE
Fri Apr. 29 at Minnesota
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Aarif Deen is our Colorado Avalanche beat reporter. He covers Avs games live from Ball Arena and attends practices, media availabilities and other events pertaining to the Avs on the daily beat. He is also a co-host of Hockey Mountain High: Your go-to Avalanche podcast. Deen joined Mile High Sports upon completion of his bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in business administration from the University of Michigan – Dearborn. Before Mile High Sports, Deen worked for the Michigan Wolverines Athletics Department as the assistant sports information director.
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