Penguins Announce 2023-24 Regular-Season Schedule

The Pittsburgh Penguins will open up the 2023-24 regular season with a matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks in Pittsburgh's home opener on Tuesday, October 10 at 8:00 PM. The game will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN.

The Penguins play six of their first nine games of the season at PPG Paints Arena, concluding the opening month of the season with a season-long four-game homestand from Oct. 24-30, which includes matchups against Dallas (Oct. 24), Colorado (Oct. 26), Ottawa (Oct. 28) and Anaheim (Oct. 30). Pittsburgh has one other instance where it will play four-consecutive home games, which falls from Feb. 18-25 against Los Angeles (Feb. 18), NY Islanders (Feb. 20), Montreal (Feb. 22) and Philadelphia (Feb. 25).

To view the complete 2023-24 schedule, click here. Broadcast information will be released at a later date.

Beginning on Saturday, Oct. 14 with a matchup against the Calgary Flames, the Penguins play 18 weekend home games on either a Friday night (1), Saturday (11) or Sunday (6), accounting for 44% of all home games.

Season ticket information for the Penguins' 2023-24 campaign can be found here.

Pittsburgh's schedule features some noteworthy home games that fans will want to circle on their calendar:

The Penguins' schedule has 12 sets of back-to-back games, beginning Oct. 13-14 in Washington and at home against Calgary, respectively.

Pittsburgh will face each Metropolitan Division opponent four times (two home/two road), each Western Conference opponent twice (one home/one road) and each Atlantic Division opponent three times. The lone exceptions in the Metropolitan Division is that Pittsburgh only visits the NY Rangers once, and only hosts New Jersey once. Half of the Atlantic Division foes visit Pittsburgh twice (Buffalo, Detroit, Florida and Montreal), while half host the Penguins twice (Boston, Ottawa, Tampa Bay and Toronto).