(via Tampa Bay Lightning Communications) - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced their 2021 regular season schedule, presented by AdventHealth, today. The schedule features a 56-game slate with the Bolts opening the season on January 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks and wrapping up the campaign on May 8 at the Florida Panthers.
As part of the NHL’s return to play protocols, the Lightning have been assigned to the league’s re-aligned, eight-team Central Division. Tampa Bay will play each divisional opponent eight times and will not compete against other divisions during the regular season. Other teams in that division include the Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators. Detroit and Florida are the only other teams from the Atlantic Division to also be moved to the Central through re-alignment during return to play.
The Lightning will play an even split of 28 home and road games featuring complete series of consecutive games against the same opponent. The longest home stand of the season will take place from April 15 through April 25 with six games, two each against Florida, Carolina and Dallas. The longest road trip will consist of five games, three against Chicago and two at Detroit, from March 3 through March 11.
Wed.
1/13/2021
Chicago
Tampa Bay
Fri.
1/15/2021
Chicago
Tampa Bay
Sun.
1/17/2021
Dallas
Tampa Bay
Tue.
1/19/2021
Dallas
Tampa Bay
Thu.
1/21/2021
Tampa Bay
Columbus
Sat.
1/23/2021
Tampa Bay
Columbus
Tue.
1/26/2021
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Thu.
1/28/2021
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Sat.
1/30/2021
Nashville
Tampa Bay
Mon.
2/1/2021
Nashville
Tampa Bay
Wed.
2/3/2021
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Fri.
2/5/2021
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Mon.
2/8/2021
Tampa Bay
Nashville
Tue.
2/9/2021
Tampa Bay
Nashville
Thu.
2/11/2021
Tampa Bay
Florida
Sat.
2/13/2021
Tampa Bay
Florida
Tue.
2/16/2021
Florida
Tampa Bay
Thu.
2/18/2021
Tampa Bay
Dallas
Sat.
2/20/2021
Tampa Bay
Dallas
Mon.
2/22/2021
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Thu.
2/25/2021
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Sat.
2/27/2021
Dallas
Tampa Bay
Mon.
3/1/2021
Dallas
Tampa Bay
Thu.
3/4/2021
Tampa Bay
Chicago
Fri.
3/5/2021
Tampa Bay
Chicago
Sun.
3/7/2021
Tampa Bay
Chicago
Tue.
3/9/2021
Tampa Bay
Detroit
Thu.
3/11/2021
Tampa Bay
Detroit
Sat.
3/13/2021
Nashville
Tampa Bay
Mon.
3/15/2021
Nashville
Tampa Bay
Thu.
3/18/2021
Chicago
Tampa Bay
Sat.
3/20/2021
Chicago
Tampa Bay
Tue.
3/23/2021
Tampa Bay
Dallas
Thu.
3/25/2021
Tampa Bay
Dallas
Sat.
3/27/2021
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Sun.
3/28/2021
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Tue.
3/30/2021
Columbus
Tampa Bay
Thu.
4/1/2021
Columbus
Tampa Bay
Sat.
4/3/2021
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Sun.
4/4/2021
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Tue.
4/6/2021
Tampa Bay
Columbus
Thu.
4/8/2021
Tampa Bay
Columbus
Sat.
4/10/2021
Tampa Bay
Nashville
Mon.
4/12/2021
Tampa Bay
Nashville
Thu.
4/15/2021
Florida
Tampa Bay
Sat.
4/17/2021
Florida
Tampa Bay
Mon.
4/19/2021
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Tue.
4/20/2021
Carolina
Tampa Bay
Thu.
4/22/2021
Columbus
Tampa Bay
Sun.
4/25/2021
Columbus
Tampa Bay
Tue.
4/27/2021
Tampa Bay
Chicago
Sat.
5/1/2021
Tampa Bay
Detroit
Sun.
5/2/2021
Tampa Bay
Detroit
Tue.
5/4/2021
Florida
Tampa Bay
Thu.
5/6/2021
Tampa Bay
Florida
Sat.
5/8/2021
Tampa Bay
Florida
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