The Avalanche will open a season on the road for the first time since 2017-18. In fact, this year marks just the fifth time in the last 20 seasons that Colorado will begin a season away from the Mile High City. Colorado will host Chicago in the home opener for the third straight year, the first time that the Avs have ever played the same opponent for three straight home openers.
The Avalanche will play 26 games against their Central Division rivals (13 home/away). The Avs will face Arizona, Chicago, Dallas, Minnesota and St. Louis four times each (two home/away), while meeting Nashville (one home/two away) and Winnipeg (two home/one away) three times apiece. Colorado will play 24 games against Pacific Division teams, meeting each of the eight opponents three times (12 home/away). The Avs will have 32 total games against teams from the Eastern Conference, facing all 16 clubs twice (once at home/away).
Colorado will play a total of eight back-to-back contests, tied for its fewest ever since relocating to Denver (also 2008-09). The Avalanche's longest homestand is five games from Dec. 5-13 and March 22-30 while their longest road trip is a six-game journey to New York, New Jersey, Carolina, Florida, Washington and Tampa Bay coming out of the All-Star Break from Feb. 5-15.
Colorado's busiest month is December, where the Avs will play 15 games. Colorado will play 14 games in November, 13 in March, 12 in both January and February and eight in both October and April. The Avs will end the regular season by hosting the Edmonton Oilers on April 18.
The Avalanche are scheduled for eight afternoon games, five at home. The Avs will host their traditional New Year's Eve game on Dec. 31 against the San Jose Sharks. Excluding 2020-21, when the season started in January, and 2021-22, when the NYE game was postponed, this will be the ninth consecutive "season" that the Avs have hosted a game on Dec. 31. The Avs will play on "leap day" (Feb. 29) for just the fourth time since relocating to Denver, also doing so in 1995-96 (4-3 loss in Chicago), 1999-2000 (3-1 loss vs. Edmonton) and 2019-20 (3-2 win in Nashville).
Single-game tickets for the preseason and regular season go on sale on July 13 at 10:00 a.m. at ColoradoAvalanche.com. All Avalanche Memberships are sold out for the upcoming season. To be the first to find out about availability, place a deposit for The A List Membership waitlist at Coloradoavalanche.com/waitlist. All 82 games can be heard on the Altitude Radio Network, Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM or 950 AM. Altitude TV information will be announced at a later time.
