Boston Bruins
Bruins Open 2021-22 Season At Home On Oct. 16 Against The Stars
The NHL announced the 2021-22 regular-season schedule on Thursday night and the Boston Bruins will open their season at TD Garden on Oct. 16 against the Dallas Stars.
What that Boston Bruins team that hosts the Stars that night will look like is anyone’s guess at this point but this will begin The Bruins’ and the NHL’s first 82-game season since 2018-19 regular season thanks to the pandemic that shortened both the 2019-20 and 2021 seasons.
The NHL regular season will kick off four nights earlier with a doubleheader that features the Tampa Lightning raising their second-straight Stanley Cup banner and then hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins. The nightcap will feature the expansion Seattle Kraken playing in their first-ever NHL game against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 4-5 and the NHL will pause from Feb. 5-22 for a tentative Olympic Break. As of now, the NHL, NHLPA, and IOC have not reached an agreement on NHL participation in the Men’s Hockey Tournament.
“Subject to reaching an agreement with the NHL Players’ Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation on all outstanding issues, including appropriate COVID-19 insurance for NHL Players, the League has agreed, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, to pause from Feb. 7-22, 2022 to accommodate NHL Player participation in the Olympic Games,” the NHL said in a press release Thursday evening.
After hosting former Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin and Anton Khudobin and the Stars in the season opener, the Bruins will embark on their first road trip of the season for a two-game roadie. The Bruins will play the Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 20 and the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 22.
The Boston Bruins won’t face the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning until December 4 at TD Garden. The Bruins will get their first shot at the team that eliminated them from the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs when they play the New York Islanders on December 15 at the brand new UBS Arena.
The Boston Bruins and the defending Campbell Trophy champions, the Montreal Canadiens, will renew one of the greatest rivalries in pro sports on November 14 at TD Garden. This will be the first time that the Habs and Bruins have played against each other since a 4-1 Bruins win at TD Garden on Feb. 12, 2020. The Bruins first trip to the Bell Centre will be on December 18.
NHL Divisions and conferences will return to their original formats for the 2021-22 regular season.
Games Within Division
5 teams x 2 home / 2 away (Subtotal 10 home / 10 away)
1 team x 2 home / 1 away (Subtotal 2 home / 1 away)
1 team x 1 home / 2 away (Subtotal 1 home / 2 away)
Games Within Conference (Non-Division)
4 teams x 2 home / 1 away (Subtotal 8 home / 4 away)
4 teams x 1 home / 2 away (Subtotal 4 home / 8 away)
Non-Conference Games
16 teams x 1 home / 1 away (Subtotal 16 home / 16 away)
Grand Total – 82 Games
41 home / 41 away
Here’s the full 2021-22 Boston Bruins schedule:
OCTOBER:
Saturday, October 16 vs. Dallas
Wednesday, October 20 @ Philadelphia
Friday, October 22 @ Buffalo
Sunday, October 24 vs. San Jose
Monday, October 25 @ Carolina
Wednesday, October 27 @ Florida
Saturday, October 30 vs. Florida
NOVEMBER:
Thursday, November 4 vs. Detroit
Saturday, November 6 @ Toronto
Tuesday, November 9 vs. Ottawa
Thursday, November 11 vs. Edmonton
Saturday, November 13 @ New Jersey
Sunday, November 14 vs. Montreal
Saturday, November 20 @ Philadelphia
Sunday, November 21 vs. Calgary
Wednesday, November 24 @ Buffalo
Friday, November 26 vs. N.Y. Rangers
Sunday, November 28 vs. Vancouver
Tuesday, November 30 vs. Carolina
DECEMBER:
Thursday, December 2 @ Nashville
Saturday, December 4 vs. Tampa Bay
Wednesday, December 8 @ Vancouver
Thursday, December 9 @ Edmonton
Saturday, December 11 @ Calgary
Tuesday, December 14 vs. Vegas
Wednesday, December 15 @ N.Y. Islanders
Saturday, December 18 @ Montreal
Sunday, December 19 @ Ottawa
Tuesday, December 21 vs. Detroit
Thursday, December 23 vs. Colorado
Monday, December 27 vs. Pittsburgh
Wednesday, December 29 @ Ottawa
JANUARY:
Saturday, January 1 vs. Buffalo
Sunday, January 2 @ Detroit
Tuesday, January 4 vs. New Jersey
Thursday, January 6 vs. Minnesota
Saturday, January 8 @ Tampa Bay
Monday, January 10 @ Washington
Wednesday, January 12 @ Montreal
Thursday, January 13 vs. Philadelphia
Saturday, January 15 vs. Nashville
Tuesday, January 18 vs. Carolina
Thursday, January 20 vs. Washington
Saturday, January 22 vs. Winnipeg
Monday, January 24 vs. Anaheim
Wednesday, January 26 @ Colorado
Friday, January 28 @ Arizona
Sunday, January 30 @ Dallas
FEBRUARY:
Tuesday, February 1 vs. Seattle
Thursday, February 24 @ Seattle
Saturday, February 26 @ San Jose
Monday, February 28 @ Los Angeles
MARCH:
Tuesday, March 1 @ Anaheim
Thursday, March 3 @ Vegas
Saturday, March 5 @ Columbus
Monday, March 7 vs. Los Angeles
Thursday, March 10 vs. Chicago
Saturday, March 12 vs. Arizona
Tuesday, March 15 @ Chicago
Wednesday, March 16 @ Minnesota
Friday, March 18 @ Winnipeg
Monday, March 21 vs. Montreal
Tuesday, March 22 @ N.Y. Islanders
Thursday, March 24 vs. Tampa Bay
Saturday, March 26 vs. N.Y. Islanders
Tuesday, March 29 vs. Toronto
Thursday, March 31 vs. New Jersey
APRIL:
Saturday, April 2 vs. Columbus
Monday, April 4 @ Columbus
Tuesday, April 5 @ Detroit
Friday, April 8 @ Tampa Bay
Sunday, April 10 @ Washington
Tuesday, April 12 vs. St. Louis
Thursday, April 14 vs. Ottawa
Saturday, April 16 vs. Pittsburgh
Tuesday, April 19 @ St. Louis
Thursday, April 21 @ Pittsburgh
Saturday, April 23 vs. N.Y. Rangers
Sunday, April 24 @ N.Y. Rangers
Tuesday, April 26 vs. Florida
Thursday, April 28 vs. Buffalo
Friday, April 29 @ Toronto
