The Carolina Hurricanes' 2025-26 schedule is finally here, so let's take a look at some key items on it.

Kickstarting the Year

The Canes will start the year at home, hosting the New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Lenovo Center.

They'll play one more game against the Philadelphia Flyers before embarking on a six-game, two-week road trip to avoid the annual NC State Fair.

Divisional Games

The Canes will play all divisional opponents four times, except for the Washington Capitals and New York Islanders. Every year, it rotates between which divisional opponents an NHL team plays one less than the others.

Here's the games between the other teams in the Metro:

• CBJ - (H: Dec. 9, April 2 / R: March 17, March 31)
• NJD - (H: Oct. 9, March 28 / R: Jan. 4, Jan. 17)
• NYI - (H: Oct. 30, April 4 / R: April 14)
• NYR - (H: Nov. 26, Dec. 29 / R: Nov. 4, Feb. 5)
• PHI - (H: Oct. 11, Dec. 14/ R: Dec. 13, April 13)
• PIT - (H: March 10, March 18/ R: Dec. 30, March 22)
• WSH - (H: Nov. 11/ R: Dec. 11, Jan. 31)

Back-to-Backs

Carolina has 15 sets of back-to-backs on the schedule, the same amount they had last season.

Their record in those games was 16-14-0 overall, 8-7-0 in the first game and 8-7-0 in the second game.

Here's how the back-to-backs breakdown based on travel:

Home and Away - 5
Away and Home - 3
Home and Home - 3
Away and Away - 4

Key Dates:

Pre-Thanksgiving/Black Friday Home Games - Nov. 26 vs. NYR; Nov. 28 vs. WPG

Christmas Eve-Eve Game - Dec. 23 vs. FLA

New Year's Day Game - Jan. 1 vs. MTL

Olympic Break - Feb. 6-22
Return to Action - Feb. 26 vs. TBL

Return Games

• Martin Necas, Jack Drury and Brent Burns - Jan. 3
• Mikko Rantanen - Jan. 6
• Dmitry Orlov - Dec. 7

Homestands

The Hurricanes only have one homestand longer than three games this season.

• Nov. 26-Dec. 9: Seven Games

They'll play at least three games at home four times. The other three instances are:

• Nov. 11-15
• Dec. 23-29
• Jan. 6-10

Big Road Trips

The Canes will be on the road for three games or more in a row six times. Their longest road stretches are:

• Oct. 14-25: Six Games
• Nov. 17-23: Four Games
• March 2-7: Four Games
• April 9-14: Four Games

In fact, the team will play 15 of their final 25 games on the road from their return from the Olympic break to the end of the regular season.

Weekend Home Games

The Hurricanes will host three Friday evening games, 10 Saturday games and five Sunday games.

The rest of the weekly breakdown is as follows:

• Mon - 2
• Tues - 8
• Wed - 2
• Thur - 11

Start Times

Typically, most games start at 7 p.m. EST, but here's the list of games with non-traditional start times:

• Oct. 14 @ SJS - 10 p.m.
• Oct. 16 @ ANA - 10 p.m.
• Oct. 18 @ LAK - 8 p.m.
• Oct. 20 @ VGK - 10 p.m.
• Oct. 23 @ COL - 9 p.m.
• Oct. 25 @ DAL - 8 p.m.
• Oct. 28 vs. VGK - 7:30 p.m.
• Nov. 1 @ BOS - 1 p.m.
• Nov. 19 @ MIN - 9:30 p.m.
• Nov. 21 @ WPG - 8 p.m.
• Nov. 23 @ BUF - 1 p.m.
• Nov. 28 vs. WPG - 5 p.m.
• Nov. 20 vs. CGY - 5 p.m.
• Dec. 7 vs. SJS - 5 p.m.
• Dec. 14 vs. PHI - 5 p.m.
• Dec. 17 @ NSH - 8 p.m.
• Jan. 13 @ STL - 8 p.m.
• Jan. 19 vs. BUF - 1:30 p.m.
• Jan. 31 @ WSH - 5 p.m.
• Feb. 1 vs. LAK - 3 p.m.
• March 2 @ SEA - 10 p.m.
• March 4 @ VAN - 10 p.m.
• March 6 @ EDM - 9 p.m.
• March 7 @ CGY - 10 p.m.
• March 22 @ PIT - 3 p.m.
• March 28 vs. NJD - 5 p.m.
• March 29 vs. MTL - 5 p.m.
• April 5 @ OTT - 5 p.m.
• April 9 @ CHI - 8:30 p.m.
• April 11 @ UTA - 5 p.m.

Recent Stories

• 'I'm Very Excited About The Team In Carolina': Nikolaj Ehlers On Signing In Carolina
• Hurricanes Target Positional Depth In Opening Days of Free Agency
• Where Have Last Year's Carolina Hurricanes Ended Up?
• Carolina Takes Big Swing On Talented New York Blueliner
• 'Our Goal Is To Keep Getting Better And Raising The Bar': Eric Tulsky On Opening Day Of Free Agency
• 'The Last Two Years, It Wasn't Easy For Me Mentally': Dmitry Orlov Voices Potential Displeasures With Carolina After Signing In San Jose
• Hurricanes Sign Another RFA, Only 3 Remain Unsigned

Stay updated with the most interesting Carolina Hurricanes stories, analysis, breaking news and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News to never miss a story.