2018-19 Lightning Schedule
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21 , 201 8 Contact: Brian Breseman (813.301.6871, [email protected] ) Trevor van Knotsenburg (813.301.6826, [email protected] ) LIGHTNING ANNOUNCE 201 8 - 1 9 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE , PRESENTED BY FLORIDA HOSPITAL TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning announced their 82 - game regular season schedule for the 2018 - 19 season , presented by Florida Hospital, today. The Lightning’s season opener will take place on Friday, October 6 as the Bolts host the Florida Panthers at AMALIE Arena . Tampa Bay will open the season with five consecutive games at home before hitting the road for five contests against opponents from the Western Conference. The Lightning will play each of their Atlantic Division opponents four times, two at home and two on the road. They will play each of the teams from the Metropolitan Division on three occasions. They will play the Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Jersey Devils and the Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals two times at AMALIE Arena and once on the road. Tampa Bay will visit the New York Rangers, New York Isla nders, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins twice while those teams will make just one appearance at AMALIE Arena. The Lightning will play each Western Conference team twice, once at home and another on the road. The league will take a break for the 2019 NHL All - Star Game on January 25 and 26. This year’s event will take place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, home of the San Jose Sharks. Single game tickets will go on sale at a later date. At AMALIE A rena The Lightning will open the season with five consecutive games at AMALIE Arena. Tampa Bay will play nine home games during the month of November, more than any other. They’ll also play eight during February and March. The longest home stand of the campaign will be five games, which will occur on two occasions, October 6 - 18 to open t he season and again November 21 - 29. They will only play four games at AMALIE in January, and none in April, when they only have four games total. On the Road T he Bolts’ first road trip of the season will be a season - long five games and run from October 20 - 27. The trip will feature all Western Conference teams, including the defending conference champions, the Vegas Golden Knights. The Lightning will have three road trips of four games, five of three games, four of two games and one single game trip to Sunrise, Florida to take on the Florida Panthers. Tampa Bay will play eight games away from AMALIE Arena in December, more than any other month. The Lightning will also return to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island for a February 1 matc h - up against the Islanders. Back - to - Back The Lightning will play in 11 sets of back - to - back games during the 2018 - 19 season. All but one of those will be with both games on the road. The only exception will come on February 9 when Tampa Bay hosts Pittsburgh at AMALIE Arena before traveling to play the Panthers on February 10. ~more~ 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 Monthly Breakdown Month Home Away Total October 6 5 11 November 9 6 15 December 6 8 14 January 4 6 10 February 8 7 15 March 8 5 13 April 0 4 4 Breakdown by Day Day Home Away Total Monday 4 6 10 Tuesday 8 6 14 Wednesday 1 4 5 Thursday 14 7 21 Friday 1 2 3 Saturday 12 11 23 Sunday 1 5 6 Fast Facts The Lightning will play more home games on Thursday ’s than any other day The Lightning will play more than hal f of their schedule on Thursdays and Saturday s, with 44 contests between the two days The Bolts will play only one home game each on Wednesday , Friday and Sunday, respectively The Light ning’s earliest home start time is 4 p.m. Of the first 10 games, half of them will be played on the road against teams from the Western Conference The Bolts will finish the season on a four - game road trip against teams from the Atlantic Division The Lightning will play the Stanley Cup Champion Washingt on Capitals twice at AMALIE Arena, but not until March 16 and 30 ~more~ 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 201 8 - 1 9 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING SCHEDULE Day Date Time Opponent Day Date Time Opponent Sat. Oct 6 7:00 Florida Sat. Jan 5 11:00 @ San Jose Thu. Oct 11 7:30 Vancouver Tue. Jan 8 7:30 Columbus Sat. Oct 13 7:00 Columbus Thu. Jan 10 7:30 Carolina Tue. Oct 16 7:30 Carolina Sat. Jan 12 7:00 @ Buffalo Thu. Oct 18 7:30 Detroit Sun. Jan 13 7:00 @ N.Y. Islanders Sat. Oct 20 8:00 @ Minnesota Tue. Jan 15 7:30 @ Dallas Sun. Oct 21 7:00 @ Chicago Thu. Jan 17 7:30 Toronto Wed. Oct 24 9:30 @ Colorado Sat. Jan 19 7:00 San Jose Fri. Oct 26 4:00 @ Vegas Wed. Jan 30 8:00 @ Pittsburgh Sat. Oct 27 9:00 @ Arizona Fri. Feb 1 7:00 @ N.Y. Islanders ** Tue. Oct 30 7:30 New Jersey Sat. Feb 2 7:00 @ N.Y. Rangers Thu. Nov 1 7:30 Nashville Tue. Feb 5 7:30 Vegas Sat. Nov 3 7:00 @ Montreal Thu. Feb 7 7:30 St. Louis Sun. Nov 4 7:00 @ Ottawa Sat. Feb 9 7:00 Pittsburgh Tue. Nov 6 7:30 Edmonton Sun. Feb 10 6 :00 @ Florida Thu. Nov 8 7:30 N.Y. Islanders Tue. Feb 12 7:30 Calgary Sat. Nov 10 4:00 Ottawa Thu. Feb 14 7:30 Dallas Tue. Nov 13 7:00 @ Buffalo Sat. Feb 16 7:00 Montreal Thu. Nov 15 7:00 @ Pittsburgh Mon. Feb 18 7:00 @ Columbus Sat. Nov 17 1:00 @ Philadelphia Tue. Feb 19 7:00 @ Philadelphia Mon. Nov 19 8:00 @ Nashville Thu. Feb 21 7:30 Buffalo Wed. Nov 21 7:30 Florida Mon. Feb 25 7:30 Los Angeles Fri. Nov 23 7:30 Chicago Wed. Feb 27 7:30 @ N.Y. Rangers Sun. Nov 25 7 :00 New Jersey Thu. Feb 28 7:00 @ Boston Tue. Nov 27 7:30 Anaheim Sat. Mar 2 4:00 Ottawa Thu. Nov 29 7:30 Buffalo Tue. Mar 5 7:30 Winnipeg Sat. Dec 1 7:00 @ Florida Thu. Mar 7 7:30 Minnesota Mon. Dec 3 7:00 @ New Jersey Sat. Mar 9 7:00 Detroit Tue. Dec 4 7:30 @ Detroit Mon. Mar 11 7:00 @ Toronto Thu. Dec 6 7:30 Boston Thu. Mar 14 7:30 @ Detroit Sat. Dec 8 7:00 Colorado Sat. Mar 16 7:00 Washington Mon. Dec 10 7:30 N.Y. Rangers Mon. Mar 18 7:30 Arizona Thu. Dec 13 7:30 Toronto Wed. Mar 20 7:30 @ Washington Sun. Dec 16 7:00 @ Winnipeg Thu. Mar 21 7:00 @ Carolina Tue. Dec 18 10:00 @ Vancouver Sat. Mar 23 8:00 @ St. Louis Thu. Dec 20 9:00 @ Calgary Mon. Mar 25 7:30 Boston Sat. Dec 22 10:00 @ Edmonton Sat. Mar 30 7:00 Washington Thu. Dec 27 7:30 Philadelphia Mon. Apr 1 7:30 @ Ottawa Sat. Dec 29 7:00 Montreal Tue. Apr 2 7:30 @ Montreal Mon. Dec 31 10:00 @ Anaheim Thu. Apr 4 7:00 @ Toronto Thu. Jan 3 10:30 @ Los Angeles Sat. Apr 6 12:30 @ Boston **At Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum ~more~ 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES Day Date Time Opponent Day Date Time Opponent Sat. Oct 6 7:00 Florida Sat. Oct 20 8:00 @ Minnesota Thu. Oct 11 7:30 Vancouver Sun. Oct 21 7:00 @ Chicago Sat. Oct 13 7:00 Columbus Wed. Oct 24 9:30 @ Colorado Tue. Oct 16 7:30 Carolina Fri. Oct 26 4:00 @ Vegas Thu. Oct 18 7:30 Detroit Sat. Oct 27 9:00 @ Arizona Tue. Oct 30 7:30 New Jersey Sat. Nov 3 7:00 @ Montreal Thu. Nov 1 7:30 Nashville Sun. Nov 4 7:00 @ Ottawa Tue. Nov 6 7:30 Edmonton Tue. Nov 13 7:00 @ Buffalo Thu. Nov 8 7:30 N.Y. Islanders Thu. Nov 15 7:00 @ Pittsburgh Sat. Nov 10 4:00 Ottawa Sat. Nov 17 1:00 @ Philadelphia Wed. Nov 21 7:30 Florida Mon. Nov 19 8:00 @ Nashville Fri. Nov 23 7:30 Chicago Sat. Dec 1 7:00 @ Florida Sun. Nov 25 7 :00 New Jersey Mon. Dec 3 7:00 @ New Jersey Tue. Nov 27 7:30 Anaheim Tue. Dec 4 7:30 @ Detroit Thu. Nov 29 7:30 Buffalo Sun. Dec 16 7:00 @ Winnipeg Thu. Dec 6 7:30 Boston Tue. Dec 18 10:00 @ Vancouver Sat. Dec 8 7:00 Colorado Thu. Dec 20 9:00 @ Calgary Mon. Dec 10 7:30 N.Y. Rangers Sat. Dec 22 10:00 @ Edmonton Thu. Dec 13 7:30 Toronto Mon. Dec 31 10:00 @ Anaheim Thu. Dec 27 7:30 Philadelphia Thu. Jan 3 10:30 @ Los Angeles Sat. Dec 29 7:00 Montreal Sat. Jan 5 11:00 @ San Jose Tue. Jan 8 7:30 Columbus Sat. Jan 12 7:00 @ Buffalo Thu. Jan 10 7:30 Carolina Sun. Jan 13 7:00 @ N.Y. Islanders Thu. Jan 17 7:30 Toronto Tue. Jan 15 7:30 @ Dallas Sat. Jan 19 7:00 San Jose Wed. Jan 30 8:00 @ Pittsburgh Tue.