NHL releases full 2021 pre-season schedule

The puck will drop on the NHL's 2021 pre-season schedule in nearly one month. Yesterday, the NHL released it's full schedule which will feature 103 games played between September 25th and October 9th. For the most part, each team will play about six or seven games, with the majority, if not all game being played within their division.

As is the case with every year, the pre-season schedule will feature a handful of neutral site games. Due to arena constructions, the New York Islanders will play their home games in Bridgeport, Connecticut at their AHL teams arena, while the Seattle Kraken will play their home games at three different arenas across Washington State.

Let's take a look at some of the schedule:

First day (September 25th)
Toronto vs Montreal at 2pm ET.
St. Louis vs Minnesota at 8pm ET.

Neutral site games
September 27th: Vancouver vs Calgary in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
September 30th: Los Angeles vs Vegas in Salt Lake City, Utah.
October 2nd: St. Louis vs Chicago in Independence, Missouri.
October 5th: Tampa Bay vs Florida in Orlando, Florida.

Seattle's inaugural pre-season schedule
September 26th vs Vancouver in Spokane, Washington.
September 28th @ Edmonton.
September 29th @ Calgary.
October 1st vs Edmonton in Everett, Washington.
October 2nd vs Calgary in Kent, Washington.
October 5th @ Vancouver.

The full schedule can be found here: 2021 pre-season.

The NHL released the full 2021-22 preseason schedule this afternoon. It begins with Canadiens-Maple Leafs and Wild-Blues on Sept. 25.https://t.co/JQKbtGbqPv— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) August 23, 2021

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