2014 NHL preseason begins Sunday, Sept. 21

NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League announced today the composite schedule for the 2014 preseason, which opens on Sunday, Sept. 21.

Highlighting the 15-day, 105-game slate is the 2014 Kraft Hockeyville game from Sylvan Lake, Alta., on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The people of Sylvan Lake, winners of the Canada-wide Kraft Hockeyville competition, will celebrate the grand prize when the Arizona Coyotes and Calgary Flames visit their community and face off at the Sylvan Lake Multiplex. The game will be broadcast live on CBC in Canada and NHL Network in the United States at 7 p.m., ET/5 p.m., MT.

Preseason games also are scheduled in Bridgeport, Conn. (Boston vs. NY Islanders, Oct. 3); Brooklyn, N.Y. (New Jersey vs. NY Islanders, Sept. 26); Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado vs. Los Angeles, Oct. 2); Kansas City, Mo. (Dallas vs. St. Louis, Sept. 27); Las Vegas, Nev. (Colorado vs. Los Angeles, Oct. 4); London, Ont. (Philadelphia vs. Toronto, Sept. 22); Quebec City, Que. (Colorado vs. Montreal, Sept. 26); St. John's, Nfld. (NY Islanders vs. Ottawa split-squad doubleheader, Sept. 22); Saskatoon, Sask. (Chicago vs. Edmonton, Sept. 28) and Stockton, Calif. (San Jose vs. Vancouver, Sept. 23).

The 2014-15 NHL regular season opens Wednesday, Oct. 8.

2014 NHL PRESEASON SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

SUNDAY, SEPT. 21

Columbus (split squad) at Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Columbus (split squad), 6 p.m.

Calgary (split squad) at Edmonton (split squad), 8 p.m.

Edmonton (split squad) at Calgary (split squad), 8 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 22

NY Islanders vs. Ottawa, at St. John's, Nfld. (Mile One Centre, split-squad doubleheader), 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia (split-squad), 7 p.m.

Philadelphia (split squad) vs. Toronto, at London, Ont. (Budweiser Gardens), 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim (split squad) at Colorado (split squad), 9 p.m.

Colorado (split squad) at Anaheim (split squad), 10 p.m.

Los Angeles (split squad) at Arizona (split squad), 10 p.m.

Arizona (split squad) at Los Angeles (split squad), 10:30 p.m. 

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23

Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose (split squad) at Vancouver (split squad), 9 p.m.

Arizona at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

San Jose (split squad) vs. Vancouver (split squad), at Stockton, Calif. (Stockton Arena), 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24

Washington at Boston, 7 p.m.

Carolina at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

Arizona vs. Calgary, at Sylvan Lake, Alta. (Sylvan Lake Multiplex), 7 p.m.

Ottawa (split squad) at Toronto (split squad), 7:30 p.m.

Toronto (split squad) at Ottawa (split squad), 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26

Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Colorado vs. Montreal, at Quebec City, Que. (Colisée Pepsi), 7 p.m.

New Jersey vs. NY Islanders, at Brooklyn, N.Y. (Barclays Center), 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Arizona at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Dallas vs. St. Louis, at Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center), 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Florida at Nashville (split-squad doubleheader), 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. 

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28

Chicago vs. Edmonton, at Saskatoon, Sask. (Credit Union Centre), 6 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 29

Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30

NY Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.

NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Carolina at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1

Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 2

Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Colorado vs. Los Angeles, at Colorado Springs, Colo. (Broadmoor World Arena), 9 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 3

Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Chicago at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Boston vs. NY Islanders, at Bridgeport, Conn. (Webster Bank Arena), 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

Detroit at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.

NY Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Colorado vs. Los Angeles, at Las Vegas, Nev. (MGM Grand Garden Arena), 10 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 5

Carolina at Washington, 3 p.m.

For the latest schedule information, visit NHL.com/schedules.