The Sabres will open the season on Oct. 13 with a home game against the Montreal Candiens. The team then leaves for the west coast from Oct. 16-20 before returning to the east coast to play Philadelpia. Those four straight road games is the first of three four-game road trips for the Sabres in 2016-17. There are similar stretches in January and March. The team will play a season-high four straight home games twice, from Nov. 17 to 23 and Dec. 6 to 16.
Nearly half of Buffalo’s 41 home games will take place on either Thursday (11) or Saturday (9). The team will play six afternoon games at home this season:
• Saturday, Oct. 29 vs. Florida, 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 3 vs. Boston, 1 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 7 vs. Winnipeg, 1 p.m.
• Monday, Jan. 16 vs. Dallas, 1 p.m. (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
• Saturday, Feb. 18 vs. St. Louis, 1 p.m.
• Sunday, April 2 vs. NY Islanders, 3 p.m.
The Sabres will play home-and-home sets against three different opponents in 2016-17, with back-to-back dates scheduled with the New Jersey Devils (Nov. 11 and 12), and the Columbus Blue Jackets (March 10 and 11), and two games in three days against the Boston Bruins (Dec. 29 and 31).
The season will end with 10 straight games against Eastern Conference opponents. Seven of those 10 games will be against Atlantic Division rivals, including each of the last four.
The full season schedule follows:
- Oct. 13: 7 p.m. Vs. Canadiens
- Oct. 16: 7 p.m. @ Oilers
- Oct. 18: 9 p.m. @ Flames
- Oct. 20: 10 p.m. @ Canucks
- Oct. 25: 7 p.m. @ Flyers
- Oct. 27: 7 p.m Vs. Wild
- Oct. 29: 1 p.m. Vs. Panthers
- Oct. 30: 3 p.m. @ Jets
- Nov. 1: 8 p.m. @ Wild
- Nov. 3: 7 p.m. Vs. Maple Leafs
- Nov. 5: 7 p.m. @ Senators
- Nov. 7: 7 p.m. @ Bruins
- Nov. 9: 7:30 p.m. Vs. Senators
- Nov. 11: 7 p.m. Vs. Devils
- Nov. 12: 7 p.m. @ Devils
- Nov. 15: 8 p.m. @ Blues
- Nov. 17: 7 p.m. Vs. Lightning
- Nov. 19: 7 p.m. Vs. Penguins
- Nov. 21: 7 p.m. Vs. Flames
- Nov. 23: 7 p.m. Vs. Red Wings
- Nov. 25: 5 p.m. @ Capitals
- Nov. 29: 7:30 p.m. @ Senators
- Dec. 1: 7 p.m Vs. Rangers
- Dec. 3: 1 p.m. Vs. Bruins
- Dec. 5: 7 p.m. @ Capitals
- Dec. 6: 7 p.m. Vs. Oilers
- Dec. 9: 7 p.m. Vs. Capitals
- Dec. 13: 7 p.m. Vs. Kings
- Dec. 16: 7 p.m. Vs. Islanders
- Dec. 20: 7 p.m. @ Panthers
- Dec. 22: 7 p.m. Vs. Hurricanes
- Dec. 23: 7 p.m. @ Islanders
- Dec. 27: 7:30 p.m. @ Red Wings
- Dec. 29. 7 p.m. Vs. Bruins
- Dec. 31: 1 p.m. @ Bruins
- Jan 3: 7 p.m. @ Rangers
- Jan. 5: 8:30 p.m. @ Blackhawks
- Jan. 7: 1 p.m. Vs. Jets
- Jan. 10: 7 p.m. Vs. Flyers
- Jan. 12: 7:30 p.m. @ Lightning
- Jan. 13: 7:30 p.m. @ Hurricanes
- Jan. 16: 1 p.m. Vs. Stars
- Jan. 17: 7:30 p.m. @ Maple Leafs
- Jan. 20: 7 p.m. Vs. Red Wings
- Jan. 21: 7 p.m. @ Canadiens
- Jan. 24: 7 p.m. @ Predators
- Jan. 26: 8:30 p.m. @ Stars
- Jan 31: 7:30 p.m. @ Canadiens
- Feb. 2: 7 p.m. Vs. Rangers
- Feb. 4: 7 p.m. Vs. Senators
- Feb. 6: 7 p.m. @ Devils
- Feb. 7: 7 p.m. Vs. Ducks
- Feb. 11: 7 p.m. @ Maple Leafs
- Feb. 12: 7:30 p.m. Vs. Canucks
- Feb. 14: 7:30 p.m. @ Senators
- Feb. 16: 7 p.m. Vs. Avalanche
- Feb. 18: 1 p.m. Vs. Blues
- Feb. 19: 6 p.m. Vs. Blackhawks
- Feb. 25: 10 p.m. @ Avalanche
- Feb. 26: 8:30 p.m. @ Coyotes
- March 2: 7 p.m. Vs. Coyotes
- March 4: 7 p.m. Vs. Lightning
- March 5: 5 p.m. @ Penguins
- March 7: 7 p.m. Vs. Flyers
- March 10: 7 p.m. @ Blue Jackets
- March 11: 7 p.m. Vs. Blue Jackets
- March 14: 10:30 p.m. @ Sharks
- March 16: 10:30 p.m. @ Kings
- March 17: 10 p.m. @ Ducks
- March 20: 7:30 p.m. Vs. Red Wings
- March 21: 7 p.m. Vs. Penguins
- March 25: 7 p.m. Vs. Maple Leafs
- March 27: 7 p.m. Vs. Panthers
- March 28: 7 p.m. @ Blue Jackets
- April 2: 3 p.m. Vs. Islanders
- April 3: 7 p.m. Vs. Maple Leafs
- April 5: 7:30 p.m. Vs. Canadiens
- April 8: 7 p.m. @ Panthers
- April 9: 5 p.m. @ Lightning
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