The 2025-26 NHL season will open on Oct. 7 and end on April 16 with a break in February for the Olympics. Here are the season highlights:

The NHL released its 2025-26 schedule on Wednesday, a day when it was almost as hot as it will be for the league's two outdoor games in Florida this season.

Twenty-seven of the Sharks’ home games will begin at 7 p.m., including their season-opener on Oct. 9 against Mitch Marner and the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas made perhaps the biggest splash this offseason by acquiring Marner from the Toronto Maple Leafs and signing him to an eight-year $96 million contract in June.

As the NHL offseason winds down and we all start to think about what's to come next year, hope always reigns supreme. Usually, anyway.

The NHL released the full 2025-26 regular-season schedule on Wednesday, and it is riddled with exciting matchups.

It’s time to mark your calendars, hockey fans — the NHL season is right around the corner. On Wednesday, the league released the full schedule for the 2025-26 NHL regular season, which begins Oct. 7 and concludes on April 16.

After several seasons of stagnation, the NHL salary cap has increased significantly, rising from $83.5 million in 2023-24, to $88 million last season, to $95.5 million for 2025-26.

The Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled their 2025-26 regular season schedule on Wednesday. With Mitch Marner departing the Maple Leafs for the Vegas Golden Knights, all eyes are on when the Thornhill, Ontario, native will make his anticipated return to Scotiabank Arena. That will take place on Jan. 23, 2026.