NHL teams release 2025-26 schedules with creative social media videos

Wednesday marked schedule release day in the NHL for the 2025-26 season, and teams got creative with their announcements on social media.

The Dallas Stars recruited kids who play for the Stars’ youth hockey program to draw the logo of each of their opponents this season.

The end results look pretty good if you ask us.

In another video, Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg showed off his acting skills, parodying the hit movie series “Rambo.” Lomberg dressed up as Sylvester Stallone’s iconic character as the video went through the team’s opponents.

Cal Clutterbuck also did some acting, helping out with the New York Islanders schedule release video in the role as a summer intern with the team.

The Toronto Maple Leafs released a paws-itively great video, using players’ dogs to announce the schedule. The video also featured dogs from the Save our Scruff program, who are up for adoption.

The San Jose Sharks had more of a nostalgic take on the schedule release video.

The Buffalo Sabres added onto their schedule teaser, when they announced their opponents as different chicken wing flavors. For the full release video, the team had broadcaster Rob Ray try all the different flavors.

The season starts on Oct. 7 with a nationally televised tripleheader on ESPN in the United States and Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.