The New Jersey Devils have officially released their complete 2026-27 regular season schedule, giving fans a full roadmap for what will be the franchise’s 44th season. That season begins with the Home Opener presented by Citizens Bank on Thursday, October 1, against the Philadelphia Flyers, puck drop set for 7 p.m., a fitting divisional showdown to kick off a new year at Prudential Center.
October arrives as a genuinely busy opening month, with 14 total games on the calendar, including eight played at home. The schedule includes two separate three game homestands during the month, the first beginning Tuesday, October 6 against Utah, and the second starting Tuesday, October 20 against Colorado, giving the Devils a real chance to build early season rhythm in front of their own crowd before the schedule spreads out further.
New Jersey’s home slate this season includes 15 weekend dates in total, split between two Friday games, nine Saturday contests, and four Sunday matchups. Seven of those 15 weekend dates are scheduled as matinee games starting before 5 p.m. Eastern, giving fans more daytime viewing options than a typical NHL season usually offers. The schedule also builds in a notable back to back stretch right after Thanksgiving, with the Devils hosting Calgary on Black Friday before turning around to face Columbus the very next day on Saturday. Across the full season, New Jersey is scheduled for 13 total back to back sets, a modest reduction from the 15 the team played last season. Those 13 sets break down into two home and home pairs, two home followed by away pairs, four away followed by home pairs, and five sets of consecutive away games, giving the team a slightly more balanced travel rhythm than it faced a year ago.
The holiday stretch carries its own distinct shape as well. New Jersey is scheduled to visit the New York Rangers just before the league’s holiday break on Tuesday, December 22, before traveling to Buffalo on Saturday, December 26. The Devils will also play through two separate season high four game homestands during the year. The first runs from December 15 through December 20, bringing the Rangers, Toronto, Boston, and Nashville all to Prudential Center in quick succession. The second arrives at the very end of the regular season, running from April 4 through April 10, closing out the year with Florida, Tampa Bay, the New York Islanders, and Pittsburgh all visiting Newark as New Jersey wraps up its home schedule.
While the vast majority of Devils home games will start at the standard 7 p.m., a handful of dates carry adjusted start times worth noting for anyone planning to attend in person. Fans should mark down a 3:30 p.m. start on October 10 against Vancouver and again on October 24 against Los Angeles, a 7:30 p.m. start on November 18 against Montreal, an early 1 p.m. game on November 27 against Calgary, a 7:30 p.m. start on December 9 against Detroit, a midday 12 p.m. game on December 19 against Boston, another 12 p.m. start on January 9 against Chicago, a 3 p.m. game on February 20 against Buffalo, a 7:30 p.m. start on March 31 against Minnesota, a 4:30 p.m. game on April 4 against Florida, and a 6 p.m. finale on April 10 against Pittsburgh.
New Jersey’s road schedule brings its own share of demanding stretches. The team is set to play four separate three game road trips throughout the season, along with a genuinely grueling four game West Coast swing running from December 29 through January 4, taking on Utah, Anaheim, Los Angeles, and San Jose in relatively quick succession. The Devils’ single toughest road stretch of the entire season comes in the form of seven consecutive road games, split around the NHL’s All-Star break. That run begins in Edmonton on Thursday, January 28 and doesn’t conclude until Thursday, February 18 in Florida, giving New Jersey a genuinely long road trip bookended by the league’s midseason break.
The NHL’s scheduling matrix also shapes exactly how often New Jersey faces specific opponents throughout the year. The Devils will play 28 total games against Metropolitan Division opposition, facing all seven divisional rivals, Carolina, Columbus, the Islanders, the Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, four times apiece, split evenly with two home games and two road games against each team. Against the Atlantic Division, New Jersey plays 24 total games, three against each team, though that split isn’t perfectly even across the board. The Devils get two home games and one road game against Boston, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, and Toronto, while facing Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, and Montreal with one home game and two road games instead. Rounding out the schedule, New Jersey plays all 16 Western Conference clubs once at home and once on the road, accounting for 32 additional games. The league’s regular season schedule pauses entirely for NHL All-Star Game festivities on February 5 and 6, held this year at UBS Arena on Long Island.
MSG Networks remains the television home for Devils hockey, carrying game broadcasts alongside exclusive pregame and postgame coverage, with the full television broadcast schedule set to be announced at a later date. Fans without access to MSG can also follow along through the Devils Hockey Network, available directly on NewJerseyDevils.com, the Devils Plus Prudential Center App, and the NHL app, all of which will carry every single Devils game this season alongside exclusive pre and postgame coverage of their own. Nationally, the league’s broadcast partners for the 2026-27 season include The Walt Disney Company through ESPN and ABC, TNT Sports across TNT and HBO Max, Sportsnet, Prime Video, and TVA Sports, with complete national broadcast details set to follow as the season approaches.
Individual game tickets for the 2026-27 season will go on sale in the coming weeks, and fans who subscribe to NJD Weekly can secure priority access to purchase tickets ahead of the general public. For fans looking for a more consistent, guaranteed way to attend games throughout the year, Black and Red Membership offers what the organization describes as the most comprehensive member benefits platform anywhere in the NHL, including flexible ticket management, access to special events, interest free monthly payment plans, and guaranteed access to the best available seats at the best price across the entire season.
