TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced the team’s 2025-26 regular season schedule, presented by AdventHealth, today. The schedule consists of a full 82-game campaign that features the Bolts opening the
season on home ice with a matchup against the Ottawa Senators at AMALIE Arena on Thursday, October 9.
The Lightning will play all teams in the NHL a minimum of two times and will take on each team in their
division four times, with the exceptions of Ottawa and the Toronto Maple Leafs, which they will play on three occasions. Tampa Bay will play opponents from the Metropolitan Division three times each and battle each Western Conference opponent twice (once home and once away).
The Bolts will play an even split of 41 home and road games once again and will have their longest home stand of the season with 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 2025-26.
The premier event of the Lightning’s 2025-26 regular season will take place on February 1, when the Bolts will take the game outside and battle the Boston Bruins in the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Raymond James Stadium. Tampa Bay will be competing in the NHL Stadium Series for the second time in franchise history after defeating the Nashville Predators, 3-2, at Nissan Stadium on February 26, 2022. For the latest updates on the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series, please click here.
The Lightning will play a total of 15 back-to-backs this season with two sets featuring consecutive contests at AMALIE Arena. Ten of them will see both games played on the road, while three will be split with one matchup as the home team and the other as the visitor.
The Bolts will play a total of 16 games during their busiest month of the season in March, with eight of the 16 contests set to be played at AMALIE Arena over the span of 29 days, marking the most games at home in a single month in 2025-26. Conversely, the Lightning’s busiest month away from home will be January, which will see Tampa Bay skate in nine contests on the road.
For the second consecutive season, the NHL will not host an All-Star Game as players gear up for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for February 6–22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Last month, the 12 nations qualified for men’s ice hockey announced their preliminary rosters, each naming six players. The Bolts saw five of their skaters honored with selections, including Oliver Bjorkstrand (Team Denmark), Erik Cernak (Team Slovakia), Zemgus Girgensons (Team Latvia), Victor Hedman (Team Sweden), and Brayden Point (Team Canada). Additionally, the Lightning organization will be represented by Jon Cooper and Julien BriseBois, who will both be on Team Canada’s staff as head coach and assistant general manager, respectively.
Monthly BreakdownBreakdown by Day
Month Home Away Total Day Home Away Total
October 6 5 11 Monday 5 4 9
November 7 7 14 Tuesday 7 9 16
December 7 7 14 Wednesday 4 1 5
January 4 9 13 Thursday 11 7 18
February 5 1 6 Friday 0 4 4
March 8 8 16 Saturday 9 12 21
April 4 4 8 Sunday 5 4 9
2025-26 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Date Time Opponent Date Time Opponent
Thu., Oct 9 7:00 PM Ottawa Tue., Jan 6 7:00 PM Colorado
Sat., Oct 11 7:00 PM New Jersey Sat., Jan 10 7:00 PM @ Philadelphia
Mon., Oct 13 1:00 PM @ Boston Mon., Jan 12 7:00 PM @ Philadelphia
Tue., Oct 14 7:00 PM @ Washington Tue., Jan 13 7:00 PM @ Pittsburgh
Fri., Oct 17 7:00 PM @ Detroit Fri., Jan 16 8:00 PM @ St. Louis
Sat., Oct 18 7:00 PM @ Columbus Sun., Jan 18 2:00 PM @ Dallas
Thu., Oct 23 7:00 PM Chicago Tue., Jan 20 7:00 PM San Jose
Sat., Oct 25 5:00 PM Anaheim Fri., Jan 23 7:00 PM @ Chicago
Sun., Oct 26 5:00 PM Vegas Sat., Jan 24 7:00 PM @ Columbus
Tue., Oct 28 7:45 PM @ Nashville Mon., Jan 26 7:00 PM Utah
Thu., Oct 30 7:00 PM Dallas Thu., Jan 29 7:00 PM Winnipeg
Sun., Nov 2 3:30 PM @ Utah Sun., Feb 1 TBA Boston
Tue., Nov 4 9:30 PM @ Colorado Tue., Feb 3 7:00 PM Buffalo
Thu., Nov 6 10:00 PM @ Vegas Thu., Feb 5 7:00 PM Florida
Sat., Nov 8 7:00 PM Washington Wed., Feb 25 7:30 PM Toronto
Wed., Nov 12 7:00 PM N.Y. Rangers Thu., Feb 26 7:00 PM @ Carolina
Sat., Nov 15 6:00 PM @ Florida Sat., Feb 28 7:00 PM Buffalo
Sun., Nov 16 5:00 PM Vancouver Tue., Mar 3 9:30 PM @ Minnesota
Tue., Nov 18 7:00 PM New Jersey Thu., Mar 5 8:00 PM @ Winnipeg
Thu., Nov 20 7:00 PM Edmonton Sat., Mar 7 7:00 PM @ Toronto
Sat., Nov 22 7:00 PM @ Washington Sun., Mar 8 6:00 PM @ Buffalo
Mon., Nov 24 7:00 PM Philadelphia Tue., Mar 10 7:00 PM Columbus
Wed., Nov 26 7:00 PM Calgary Thu., Mar 12 7:00 PM Detroit
Fri., Nov 28 1:00 PM @ Detroit Sat., Mar 14 7:00 PM Carolina
Sat., Nov 29 2:00 PM @ N.Y. Rangers Tue., Mar 17 10:00 PM @ Seattle
Tue., Dec 2 7:00 PM @ N.Y. Islanders Thu., Mar 19 10:00 PM @ Vancouver
Thu., Dec 4 7:00 PM Pittsburgh Sat., Mar 21 10:00 PM @ Edmonton
Sat., Dec 6 7:00 PM N.Y. Islanders Sun., Mar 22 8:00 PM @ Calgary
Mon., Dec 8 7:30 PM @ Toronto Tue., Mar 24 7:30 PM Minnesota
Tue., Dec 9 7:00 PM @ Montreal Thu., Mar 26 7:00 PM Seattle
Thu., Dec 11 7:00 PM @ New Jersey Sat., Mar 28 1:00 PM Ottawa
Sat., Dec 13 3:30 PM @ N.Y. Islanders Sun., Mar 29 5:00 PM Nashville
Mon., Dec 15 7:00 PM Florida Tue., Mar 31 7:00 PM Montreal
Thu., Dec 18 7:00 PM Los Angeles Thu., Apr 2 7:00 PM Pittsburgh
Sat., Dec 20 7:00 PM Carolina Sat., Apr 4 5:00 PM Boston
Mon., Dec 22 7:00 PM St. Louis Mon., Apr 6 7:00 PM @ Buffalo
Sat., Dec 27 7:00 PM @ Florida Tue., Apr 7 7:00 PM @ Ottawa
Sun., Dec 28 5:00 PM Montreal Thu., Apr 9 7:00 PM @ Montreal
Wed., Dec 31 4:00 PM @ Anaheim Sat., Apr 11 12:30 PM @ Boston
Thu., Jan 1 10:30 PM @ Los Angeles Mon., Apr 13 7:00 PM Detroit
Sat., Jan 3 4:00 PM @ San Jose Wed., Apr 15 7:00 PM N.Y. Rangers
*All Times ET
**Subject to Change