BOSTON -The National Hockey League announced today, December 23, the schedule for the Boston Bruins 2020-21 regular season presented by TD Bank. The full schedule can be found below. Game times, as well as regional and national broadcast information will be released at a later date.
NHL Announces Schedule For Bruins 2020-21 Season Presented By TD Bank
Due to COVID-19 safety precautions and traveling restrictions, the NHL has instituted a new divisional realignment for the 2020-21 season. The Bruins will be competing in a new "East Division" with the Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals. The Bruins will play a 56-game regular season schedule, facing each team in their division eight times.
The top four teams from each division will qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the first two rounds will feature intra-divisional play. Once a single team advances from each division, the four qualifying teams will be re-seeded for the final two rounds to determine a Stanley Cup Champion.
This will be the first time the Bruins play a division-only schedule since the 1966-67 expansion, though the team did play a conference-only schedule in the lockout-delayed years of 1994-95 and 2012-13. The new "East Division" will be the eighth different division in franchise history, following the Six-Team League (1924-26), American Division (1926-38), Original Six (1938-67), East Division (1967-74), Adams Division (1974-93), Northeast Division (1993-2013) and the Atlantic Division (2013-20).
The divisional realignment also impacts two of the Bruins' traditional Canadian rivals, the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. Excluding the lockout season of 2004-05, this will be the first season in franchise history that the Bruins will not play a regular season game against the Canadiens. And excluding the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season when Toronto played in the Western Conference, this will also be the first season in team history that the Bruins will not play any regular season games against the Maple Leafs.
BOSTON BRUINS 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE:
JANUARY:
Thursday, January 14 @ New Jersey
Saturday, January 16 @ New Jersey
Monday, January 18 @ N.Y. Islanders
Thursday, January 21 vs. Philadelphia
Saturday, January 23 vs. Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 26 vs. Pittsburgh
Thursday, January 28 vs. Pittsburgh
Saturday, January 30 @ Washington
FEBRUARY:
Monday, February 1 @ Washington
Wednesday, February 3 @ Philadelphia
Friday, February 5 @ Philadelphia
Saturday, February 6 vs. Buffalo
Monday, February 8 vs. Buffalo
Wednesday, February 10 @ N.Y. Rangers
Friday, February 12 @ N.Y. Rangers
Saturday, February 13 @ N.Y. Islanders
Monday, February 15 vs. New Jersey
Thursday, February 18 vs. New Jersey
Sunday, February 21 vs. Philadelphia
Thursday, February 25 @ N.Y. Islanders
Friday, February 26 @ N.Y. Rangers
Sunday, February 28 @ N.Y. Rangers
MARCH:
Wednesday, March 3 vs. Washington
Friday, March 5 vs. Washington
Saturday, March 7 vs. Philadelphia
Tuesday, March 9 @ N.Y. Islanders
Thursday, March 11 vs. N.Y. Rangers
Saturday, March 13 vs. N.Y. Rangers
Monday, March 15 @ Pittsburgh
Tuesday, March 16 @ Pittsburgh
Thursday, March 18 @ Buffalo
Saturday, March 20 @ Buffalo
Thursday, March 25 vs. N.Y. Islanders
Saturday, March 27 vs. N.Y. Islanders
Sunday, March 28 vs. New Jersey
Tuesday, March 30 vs. New Jersey
APRIL:
Thursday, April 1 vs. Pittsburgh
Saturday, April 3 vs. Pittsburgh
Monday, April 5 @ Philadelphia
Tuesday, April 6 @ Philadelphia
Thursday, April 8 @ Washington
Sunday, April 11 @ Washington
Tuesday, April 13 vs. N.Y. Islanders
Friday, April 16 vs. N.Y. Islanders
Sunday, April 18 vs. Washington
Tuesday, April 20 vs. Washington
Thursday, April 22 @ Buffalo
Friday, April 23 @ Buffalo
Sunday, April 25 @ Pittsburgh
Tuesday, April 27 @ Pittsburgh
Thursday, April 29 vs. Buffalo
MAY:
Saturday, May 1 vs. Buffalo
Monday, May 3 @ New Jersey
Tuesday, May 4 @ New Jersey
Thursday, May 6 vs. N.Y. Rangers
Saturday, May 8 vs. N.Y. Rangers
