In advance of next season, the NHL released a full 82-game season schedule today for all 32 teams. However, an asterisk can be placed on games scheduled after January.
Currently, there are plans in place to take a multi-week break from the NHL action so players can participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Getting all of the final details nailed down to make that actually happen is still a work in progress and time has just about run out. Should the league and the IIOC not come to an agreement soon, look for the NHL to pull the plug on the idea and essentially shift up the final few weeks of their 2021-22 season, thus closing the gap that currently exists in February.
More from the NHL on this issue, “If, for whatever reason,there’s no NHL Player participation in the Olympics,a revised Regular Season schedule will be released which,to the greatest extent possible, will adopt the dates and games reflected in the schedule contemplating Olympic participation.”
Meaning, they would try their best to just take all games scheduled after about April 15 and reschedule them to be in the window currently set aside for the Olympics (approximately Feb. 5-20). It most likely wouldn’t be a perfect plug and play, though.
As it stands, the Kings schedule features:
October (5 HOME, 4 ROAD)
November (8 HOME, 4 ROAD)
December (6 HOME, 8 ROAD)
January (7 HOME, 7 ROAD)
February (2 HOME, 3 ROAD)
March (8 HOME, 8 ROAD)
April (5 HOME, 7 ROAD)
LA Kings 2021-22 regular season highlights:
— Season opener is Thurs, Oct 14 vs VGK.
— Kings play the Seattle Kraken for the first time on January 15 in Seattle. The Kraken visit LA for the first time on March 26.
— Seven of the club’s first 11 games are at STAPLES Center.
— The Mayor (@mayorNHL) July 22, 2021
Additional schedule highlights:
– The Kings first play the rival Anaheim Ducks on November 30 at STAPLES Center, the first of four contests against Anaheim.
– The Kings play the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning twice – at Tampa on December 14 and at home on January 18.
– The club’s 2021-21 local (Bally Sports West) and national TV schedule (ESPN, Turner Sports, Sportsnet and TVA Sports) will be released at a later date.
– All Kings games are slated to again be streamed live on the LA Kings (iHeartRadio) Audio Network and select home games will be aired in Spanish on KWKW 1330 AM TU LIGA.
– All game times are still TBD, as the NHL continues to work with ESPN, Turner, and other broadcast partners. From what we understand, the working plan is to have equal representation on ESPN/Turner from all 32 teams, an effort to avoid the complaint in recent years of many of the same teams often being featured on national broadcasts.
LA KINGS 2021-22 PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Mon. Sept. 27 – Kings at Arizona – 7:00 pm
Tue. Sept. 28 – Kings at San Jose – 7:00 pm
Thurs. Sept. 30 – Kings vs. Vegas at Salt Lake City – 6:00 pm
Fri. Oct. 1 – Kings at Vegas – 7:00 pm
Tue. Oct. 5 – Kings vs. Arizona at – 7:30 pm
Wed. Oct. 6 – Kings at Anaheim – 7:00 pm
Sat. Oct. 9 – Kings vs. Anaheim – 7:30 pm
LA KINGS 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
(all times are listed as Pacific Time)
Thu. Oct. 14 – Vegas at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Oct. 16 – Minnesota at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Tue. Oct. 19 – Los Angeles at Nashville @ 5:00pm
Fri. Oct. 22 – Los Angeles at Dallas @ 5:30pm (ESPN+ / Hulu)
Sat. Oct. 23 – Los Angeles at St. Louis @ 5:00pm
Mon. Oct. 25 – Los Angeles at St. Louis @ 5:00pm
Thu. Oct. 28 – Winnipeg at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Oct. 30 – Montreal at Los Angeles @ 1:00pm
Sun. Oct. 31 – Buffalo at Los Angeles @ 1:00pm
Wed. Nov. 3 – St. Louis at Los Angeles @ 7:00pm (TNT)
Fri. Nov. 5 – New Jersey at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm (ESPN+ / Hulu)
Mon. Nov. 8 – Los Angeles at Toronto @ 4:30pm
Tue. Nov. 9 – Los Angeles at Montreal @ 4:00pm
Thu. Nov. 11 – Los Angeles at Ottawa @ 4:00pm
Sat. Nov. 13 – Los Angeles at Winnipeg @ 4:00pm
Wed. Nov. 17 – Washington at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Nov. 20 – Carolina at Los Angeles @ 1:00pm
Sun. Nov. 21 – Arizona at Los Angeles @ 7:00pm
Wed. Nov. 24 – Toronto at Los Angeles@ 7:00pm (TNT)
Sat. Nov. 27 – Ottawa at Los Angeles @ 4:00pm
Tue. Nov. 30 – Anaheim at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Dec. 2 – Calgary at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sun. Dec. 5 – Los Angeles at Edmonton @ 5:00pm
Mon. Dec. 6 – Los Angeles at Vancouver @ 7:00pm
Thu. Dec. 9 – Dallas at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Dec. 11 – Minnesota at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Tue. Dec. 14 – Los Angeles at Tampa Bay @ 4:00pm
Thu. Dec. 16 – Los Angeles at Florida @ 4:00pm
Sat. Dec. 18 – Los Angeles at Carolina @ 4:00pm
Sun. Dec. 19 – Los Angeles at Washington @ 4:00pm
Wed. Dec. 22 – Edmonton at Los Angeles @ 7:00pm (TNT) moved to 2/15
Thu. Dec. 23 – Los Angeles at Vegas @ 7:00pm moved to 2/18
Mon. Dec. 27 – Los Angeles at Arizona @ 6:00pm moved to 2/19
Tue. Dec. 28 – Vegas at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Dec. 30 – Vancouver at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Jan. 1 – Philadelphia at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Jan. 6 – Nashville at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Jan. 8 – Detroit at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Mon. Jan. 10 – N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Jan. 13 – Pittsburgh at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Jan. 15 – Los Angeles at Seattle @ 7:00pm
Mon. Jan. 17 – Los Angeles at San Jose @ 1:00pm
Tue. Jan. 18 – Tampa Bay at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Jan. 20 – Colorado at Los Angeles @ 6:30pm (ESPN)
Sun. Jan. 23 – Los Angeles at New Jersey @ 4:00pm
Mon. Jan. 24 – Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers @ 4:00pm
Thu. Jan. 27 – Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders @ 4:00pm (ESPN+ / Hulu)
Sat. Jan. 29 – Los Angeles at Philadelphia @ 10:00am
Sun. Jan. 30 – Los Angeles at Pittsburgh @ 10:00am
Wed. Feb. 2 – Los Angeles at Detroit @ 4:30pm
Tue. Feb. 15 – Wed. Dec. 22 – Edmonton at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Fri. Feb. 18 – Los Angeles at Vegas @ 7:00pm
Sat. Feb. 19 – Los Angeles at Arizona @ 7:00pm
Wed. Feb. 23 – Los Angeles at Arizona @ 7:00pm (TNT)
Fri. Feb. 25 – Los Angeles at Anaheim @ 7:00pm
Sat. Feb. 26 – N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Mon. Feb. 28 – Boston at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Wed. Mar. 2 – Los Angeles at Dallas @ 5:30pm
Fri. Mar. 4 – Los Angeles at Columbus @ 4:00pm
Sun. Mar. 6 – Los Angeles at Buffalo @ 10:00am
Mon. Mar. 7 – Los Angeles at Boston @ 4:00pm
Thu. Mar. 10 – San Jose at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Mar. 12 – Los Angeles at San Jose @ 6:30pm
Sun. Mar. 13 – Florida at Los Angeles @ 7:00pm
Tue. Mar. 15 – Colorado at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Mar. 17 – San Jose at Los Angeles @ 7:00pm (ESPN+ / Hulu)
Sat. Mar. 19 – Los Angeles at Vegas @ 1:00pm
Tue. Mar. 22 – Nashville at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm (ESPN+ / Hulu)
Thu. Mar. 24 – Chicago at Los Angeles @ 7:00pm (ESPN+ / Hulu)
Sat. Mar. 26 – Seattle at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Mon. Mar. 28 – Seattle at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Wed. Mar. 30 – Los Angeles at Edmonton @ 6:30pm
Thu. Mar. 31 – Los Angeles at Calgary @ 6:00pm
Sat. Apr. 2 – Los Angeles at Winnipeg @ 4:00pm
Mon. Apr. 4 – Calgary at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Thu. Apr. 7 – Edmonton at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Apr. 10 – Los Angeles at Minnesota @ 2:00pm
Tue. Apr. 12 – Los Angeles at Chicago @ 5:30pm
Wed. Apr. 13 – Los Angeles at Colorado @ 5:30pm (TNT)
Sat. Apr. 16 – Columbus at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Tue. Apr. 19 – Los Angeles at Anaheim @ 7:00pm (ESPN)
Thu. Apr. 21 – Chicago at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Sat. Apr. 23 – Anaheim at Los Angeles @ 7:30pm
Wed. Apr. 27 – Los Angeles at Seattle @ 7:00pm
Thu. Apr. 28 – Los Angeles at Vancouver @ 7:00pm
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League notes:
2022 NHL All-Star Weekend: Scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nev. at the home of the Vegas Golden Knights, T-Mobile Arena on Feb. 4-5. The 2022 Honda NHL® All-Star Weekend will include the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills™ on Friday, Feb. 4, and the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Saturday, Feb. 5, and will feature various hockey-themed events, entertainment, and activities.
Olympic Break: If, for whatever reason, there is no NHL Player participation in the Olympics, a revised Regular Season schedule will be released which, to the greatest extent possible, will adopt the dates and games reflected in the schedule contemplating Olympic participation.
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