We hoped that the NHL going to 84 games would mean more 6-plus game nights but that isn't the case this season.
We need to finish our finals at least a week before the NHL season ends and we want to have our usual 75 game balanced AHL schedule so we're going to have four 5 NHL game nights during the season.
Three of those games are during the first week of the season so we're going to have our first free agent bidding on the Sunday before the season starts to give teams the best chance to field full lineups.
Below is the AHL schedule. The first column is the number of NHL games that night.
Day Date
5 Tue. 2026-09-29
8 Thu. 2026-10-01
5 Fri. 2026-10-02
13 Sat. 2026-10-03
5 Sun. 2026-10-04
9 Tue. 2026-10-06
10 Thu. 2026-10-08
14 Sat. 2026-10-10
16 Tue. 2026-10-13
11 Thu. 2026-10-15
14 Sat. 2026-10-17
11 Tue. 2026-10-20
12 Thu. 2026-10-22
12 Sat. 2026-10-24
5 Sun. 2026-10-25
11 Tue. 2026-10-27
11 Thu. 2026-10-29
10 Sat. 2026-10-31
11 Tue. 2026-11-03
11 Thu. 2026-11-05
12 Sat. 2026-11-07
6 Sun. 2026-11-08
7 Tue. 2026-11-10
6 Wed. 2026-11-11
11 Thu. 2026-11-12
14 Sat. 2026-11-14
11 Tue. 2026-11-17
12 Thu. 2026-11-19
14 Sat. 2026-11-21
7 Mon. 2026-11-23
14 Wed. 2026-11-25
15 Fri. 2026-11-27
13 Sat. 2026-11-28
6 Mon. 2026-11-30
9 Tue. 2026-12-01
12 Thu. 2026-12-03
12 Sat. 2026-12-05
6 Sun. 2026-12-06
10 Tue. 2026-12-08
11 Thu. 2026-12-10
13 Sat. 2026-12-12
11 Tue. 2026-12-15
8 Thu. 2026-12-17
8 Fri. 2026-12-18
9 Sat. 2026-12-19
9 Sun. 2026-12-20
11 Tue. 2026-12-22
11 Sat. 2026-12-26
7 Sun. 2026-12-27
7 Mon. 2026-12-28
11 Tue. 2026-12-29
8 Thu. 2026-12-31
14 Sat. 2027-01-02
7 Mon. 2027-01-04
9 Tue. 2027-01-05
10 Thu. 2027-01-07
13 Sat. 2027-01-09
10 Tue. 2027-01-12
11 Thu. 2027-01-14
14 Sat. 2027-01-16
10 Mon. 2027-01-18
6 Tue. 2027-01-19
6 Wed. 2027-01-20
10 Thu. 2027-01-21
12 Sat. 2027-01-23
6 Sun. 2027-01-24
12 Tue. 2027-01-26
12 Thu. 2027-01-28
14 Sat. 2027-01-30
8 Wed. 2027-02-03
15 Sat. 2027-02-13
10 Mon. 2027-02-15
6 Tue. 2027-02-16
6 Wed. 2027-02-17
10 Thu. 2027-02-18
1st Round Of Playoffs
6 Fri. 2027-02-19
10 Sat. 2027-02-20
9 Sun. 2027-02-21
8 Tue. 2027-02-23
8 Thu. 2027-02-25
7 Fri. 2027-02-26
12 Sat. 2027-02-27
2nd Round Of Playoffs
7 Mon. 2027-03-01
8 Wed. 2027-03-03
7 Thu. 2027-03-04
8 Fri. 2027-03-05
9 Sat. 2027-03-06
9 Sun. 2027-03-07
12 Tue. 2027-03-09
Semi Finals
10 Thu. 2027-03-11
14 Sat. 2027-03-13
9 Mon. 2027-03-15
7 Tue. 2027-03-16
6 Wed. 2027-03-17
11 Thu. 2027-03-18
12 Sat. 2027-03-20
Finals
7 Sun. 2027-03-21
12 Tue. 2027-03-23
13 Thu. 2027-03-25
13 Sat. 2027-03-27
11 Tue. 2027-03-30
9 Thu. 2027-04-01
13 Sat. 2027-04-03