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TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced their 2021-22 regular season schedule, presented by AdventHealth, today. The schedule features a full 82-game slate with the Bolts opening the season on Tuesday, October 12 against the Pittsburgh Penguins at AMALIE Arena and wrapping up the campaign on Friday, April 29 in Columbus.

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The Lightning will once again play all teams in the NHL, including the newest expansion team, the Seattle Kraken. Similar to past seasons, the Bolts will take on each team in their division four times, play the Metropolitan Division three times each and play against each Western Conference opponent twice (once home and once away).
The 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend will take place in Las Vegas, NV on February 4-5. The 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend will include the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills™ on Friday, February 4 and the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Saturday, February 5, and will feature various hockey-themed events, entertainment and activities. No final agreement or decision has been made to this point regarding the possible participation of NHL Players in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Talks remain ongoing, but pending an agreement, the league will pause from Feb. 7-22, 2022 to accommodate NHL Player participation in the Olympic Games.
The Lightning will play an even split of 41 home and road games once again and will have their longest home stand of the season of five consecutive home games from April 14 through April 23. The longest road trip will consist of six games from March 6 through March 16 which includes the Lightning's first visit to Seattle on March 16. The Bolts will also play the Nashville Predators at Nissan Stadium for an NHL Stadium Series Game on Saturday, February 26. The Bolts will face Seattle for the first time on November 26 at AMALIE Arena.
The back-to-back Stanley Cup champs will play a total of 12 back-to-back matchups, including three at AMALIE Arena (Nov 20-21, March 3-4 and April 1-2). The Lightning will play a total of 16 games for their busiest month of the season in April, which includes 11 games at AMALIE Arena for the final month of the season. The Bolts will only play five home games in March, while playing 10 contests on the road that month.
Ticket information and game times will be made available at a later date.
Monthly Breakdown
| Month | Home | Away | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | October | 4 | 4 | 8 | | November | 8 | 6 | 14 | | December | 5 | 8 | 13 | | January | 6 | 7 | 13 | | Februaty | 2 | 1 | 3 | | March | 5 | 10 | 15 | | April | 11 | 5 | 16 |