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2019-20 Nhl Season Openers 2019-20 NHL SEASON OPENERS The 2019-20 NHL season opens Wednesday, Oct. 2, highlighted by the St. Louis Blues raising their Stanley Cup banner at Enterprise Center prior to their game against the Washington Capitals (8 p.m. ET, NBCSN). ALL-TIME RECORDS IN SEASON OPENERS GP W L T/OT PTS P% GF GA 2019-20 OPENING GAME Tampa Bay Lightning 26 17 7 2 36 .692 90 69 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. FLA Colorado Avalanche 39 22 10 7 51 .653 149 113 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. CGY New Jersey Devils 44 23 12 9 55 .625 144 123 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. WPG Ottawa Senators 26 12 6 8 32 .615 82 73 Wednesday, Oct. 2 at TOR Montreal Canadiens 101 53 30 18 124 .613 336 250 Thursday, Oct. 3 at CAR Vancouver Canucks 48 26 17 5 57 .593 159 143 Wednesday, Oct. 2 at EDM Edmonton Oilers 39 21 14 4 46 .589 118 112 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. VAN St. Louis Blues* 51 26 17 8 60 .588 179 159 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. WSH Florida Panthers 25 12 8 5 29 .580 75 66 Thursday, Oct. 3 at TBL Nashville Predators 20 11 8 1 23 .575 53 51 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. MIN Dallas Stars 51 22 16 13 57 .558 168 150 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. BOS Minnesota Wild 18 9 7 2 20 .555 49 40 Thursday, Oct. 3 at NSH Winnipeg Jets 19 10 8 1 21 .552 60 58 Thursday, Oct. 3 at NYR Buffalo Sabres 48 24 19 5 53 .552 142 135 Thursday, Oct. 3 at PIT Philadelphia Flyers 51 24 19 8 56 .549 146 137 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. CHI Pittsburgh Penguins 51 24 20 7 55 .539 170 170 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. BUF Arizona Coyotes 39 19 16 4 42 .538 130 119 Thursday, Oct. 3 at ANA Chicago Blackhawks 92 40 33 19 99 .538 262 267 Friday, Oct. 4 at PHI Detroit Red Wings 92 41 36 15 97 .527 264 262 Saturday, Oct. 5 at NSH Washington Capitals 44 21 19 4 46 .522 153 149 Wednesday, Oct. 2 at STL Boston Bruins 94 40 38 16 96 .510 269 278 Thursday, Oct. 3 at DAL Los Angeles Kings 51 21 20 10 52 .509 140 150 Saturday, Oct. 5 at EDM Columbus Blue Jackets 18 8 8 2 18 .500 49 47 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. TOR Vegas Golden Knights 2 1 1 0 2 .500 4 6 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. SJS New York Rangers 92 38 40 14 90 .489 260 260 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. WPG Toronto Maple Leafs 101 40 43 18 98 .485 301 300 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. OTT San Jose Sharks 27 11 12 4 26 .481 84 85 Wednesday, Oct. 2 at VGK Calgary Flames 46 12 23 11 35 .380 141 166 Thursday, Oct. 3 at COL New York Islanders 46 12 23 11 35 .380 120 151 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. WSH Carolina Hurricanes 39 9 20 10 28 .358 98 139 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. MTL Anaheim Ducks 25 7 18 0 14 .280 56 88 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. ARI * Defending Stanley Cup champions own an all-time record of 58-25-15 (98 GP) in season openers, including a 4-4-2 mark over the last 10 years and a 9-7-4 clip over the past 20 seasons. (There was no Stanley Cup champion in 1918-19 due to the influenza epidemic. A non-NHL team won the Stanley Cup in 1924-25.) ALL-TIME RECORDS WHEN OPENING THE SEASON AT HOME GP W L T/OT PTS P% GF GA Florida Panthers 10 8 0 2 18 .900 41 19 Minnesota Wild 10 8 1 1 17 .850 37 19 Tampa Bay Lightning 18 13 3 2 28 .777 69 45 New Jersey Devils 23 14 3 6 34 .739 87 54 Washington Capitals 20 14 5 1 29 .725 77 54 Colorado Avalanche 21 13 5 3 29 .690 85 58 Arizona Coyotes 22 14 6 2 30 .681 85 69 Nashville Predators 11 7 3 1 15 .681 30 22 Edmonton Oilers 29 18 8 3 39 .672 97 80 Montreal Canadiens 59 34 15 10 78 .661 207 125 Dallas Stars 30 17 8 5 39 .650 103 77 Detroit Red Wings 55 32 16 7 71 .645 165 122 Boston Bruins 60 32 17 11 75 .625 206 173 Chicago Blackhawks 45 22 11 12 56 .622 143 121 Vancouver Canucks 33 18 10 5 41 .621 104 87 Buffalo Sabres 32 17 10 5 39 .609 109 93 St. Louis Blues 23 13 8 2 28 .608 86 66 Anaheim Ducks 5 3 2 0 6 .600 15 19 Philadelphia Flyers 29 15 11 3 33 .568 91 79 Pittsburgh Penguins 28 13 10 5 31 .553 89 82 Los Angeles Kings 30 12 11 7 31 .516 87 84 Toronto Maple Leafs 61 25 24 12 62 .508 184 168 New York Rangers 27 11 11 5 27 .500 89 80 San Jose Sharks 16 7 7 2 16 .500 52 56 Ottawa Senators 10 3 3 4 10 .500 33 33 Winnipeg Jets 12 5 6 1 11 .458 33 41 Carolina Hurricanes 22 6 8 8 20 .454 50 70 Calgary Flames 24 8 11 5 21 .437 79 77 Columbus Blue Jackets 12 4 6 2 10 .416 33 33 New York Islanders 9 2 4 3 7 .388 22 24 Vegas Golden Knights 1 0 1 0 0 .000 2 5 ALL-TIME RECORDS WHEN OPENING THE SEASON ON THE ROAD GP W L T/OT PTS P% GF GA Vegas Golden Knights 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 2 1 Winnipeg Jets 7 5 2 0 10 .714 27 17 Ottawa Senators 16 9 3 4 22 .687 49 40 Columbus Blue Jackets 6 4 2 0 8 .666 16 14 Colorado Avalanche 18 9 5 4 22 .611 64 55 St. Louis Blues 28 13 9 6 32 .571 93 93 Montreal Canadiens 42 19 15 8 46 .547 129 125 Vancouver Canucks 15 8 7 0 16 .533 55 56 Philadelphia Flyers 22 9 8 5 23 .522 55 58 Pittsburgh Penguins 23 11 10 2 24 .521 81 88 Los Angeles Kings 21 9 9 3 21 .500 53 66 New Jersey Devils 21 9 9 3 21 .500 57 69 Tampa Bay Lightning 8 4 4 0 8 .500 21 24 New York Rangers 65 27 29 9 63 .484 171 180 Chicago Blackhawks 47 18 22 7 43 .457 119 146 San Jose Sharks 11 4 5 2 10 .454 32 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 40 15 19 6 36 .450 117 132 Nashville Predators 9 4 5 0 8 .444 23 29 Buffalo Sabres 16 7 9 0 14 .437 33 42 Dallas Stars 21 5 8 8 18 .428 65 73 New York Islanders 37 10 19 8 28 .378 98 127 Florida Panthers 15 4 8 3 11 .366 34 47 Washington Capitals 24 7 14 3 17 .354 76 95 Arizona Coyotes 17 5 10 2 12 .352 45 50 Detroit Red Wings 37 9 20 8 26 .351 99 140 Edmonton Oilers 10 3 6 1 7 .350 21 32 Calgary Flames 22 4 12 6 14 .318 62 89 Boston Bruins 34 8 21 5 21 .308 63 105 Carolina Hurricanes 17 3 12 2 8 .235 48 69 Anaheim Ducks 20 4 16 0 8 .200 41 69 Minnesota Wild 8 1 6 1 3 .187 12 21 ALL-TIME RECORDS IN HOME OPENERS GP W L T/OT PTS P% GF GA 2019-20 HOME OPENER Minnesota Wild 18 13 1 4 30 .833 63 40 Saturday, Oct. 12 vs. PIT Colorado Avalanche 39 27 8 4 58 .744 166 105 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. CGY Tampa Bay Lightning 26 16 7 3 35 .673 95 67 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. FLA Arizona Coyotes 39 24 12 3 51 .654 132 108 Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. BOS Ottawa Senators 26 14 6 6 34 .654 84 72 Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. NYR New York Islanders 46 27 13 6 60 .652 160 121 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. WSH Montreal Canadiens 101 57 27 17 131 .649 348 235 Thursday, Oct. 10 vs. DET Florida Panthers 25 14 7 4 32 .640 82 65 Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. TBL Boston Bruins 94 49 24 21 119 .633 304 253 Saturday, Oct. 12 vs. NJD Edmonton Oilers 39 22 12 5 49 .628 130 115 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. VAN New Jersey Devils 44 22 11 11 55 .625 152 124 Friday, Oct. 4 vs. WPG Washington Capitals 44 26 15 3 55 .625 165 134 Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. CAR Anaheim Ducks 25 15 9 1 31 .620 65 65 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. ARI Dallas Stars 51 28 16 7 63 .618 174 135 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. BOS St. Louis Blues 51 30 19 2 62 .608 186 151 Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs. WSH Philadelphia Flyers 51 28 17 6 62 .608 169 145 Wednesday, Oct. 9 vs. NJD Vancouver Canucks 48 26 16 6 58 .604 157 138 Wednesday, Oct. 9 vs. LAK Nashville Predators 20 11 7 2 24 .600 52 48 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. MIN Pittsburgh Penguins 51 26 16 9 61 .598 183 168 Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. BUF Detroit Red Wings 92 50 32 10 110 .598 289 236 Sunday, Oct.
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