Sports
Tampa Bay Lightning Announces 2021 Schedule
The Tampa Bay Lightning schedule features a 56-game slate with the Bolts opening the season on Jan. 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks.
TAMPA, FL —The Tampa Bay Lightning announced its 2021 regular season schedule, presented by AdventHealth, this week.
The schedule features a 56-game slate with the Bolts opening the season on Jan. 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks and wrapping up the campaign on May 8 against 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 be moved to the Central Division through re-alignment during return to play.
Find out what's happening in Tampafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The Lightning will play an even split of 28 home and road games featuring a 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.
Ticket information will be made available at a later date.
Find out what's happening in Tampafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
2021 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule
- Wednesday, Jan. 13 - Chicago
- Friday, Jan. 15 - Chicago
- Sunday, Jan. 17 - Dallas
- Tuesday, Jan. 19 - Dallas
- Thursday, Jan. 21 at Columbus
- Saturday, Jan, 23 at Columbus
- Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Carolina
- Thursday, Jan. 28 at Carolina
- Saturday, Jan. 30 - Nashville
- Monday, Feb. 1 - Nashville
- Wednesday, Feb. 3 - Detroit
- Friday, Feb. 5 - Detroit
- Monday, Feb. 8 at Nashville
- Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Nashville
- Thursday, Feb. 11 at Florida
- Saturday, Feb. 13 at Florida
- Tuesday, Feb. 16 - Florida
- Thursday, Feb. 18 at Dallas
- Saturday, Feb. 20 at Dallas
- Monday, Feb. 22 - Carolina
- Thursday, Feb. 25 - Carolina
- Saturday, Feb. 27 - Dallas
- Monday, March 1 - Dallas
- Thursday, March 4 at Chicago
- Friday, March 5 at Chicago
- Sunday, March 7 at Chicago
- Tuesday, March 9 at Detroit
- Thursday, March 11 at Detroit
- Saturday, March 13 - Nashville
- Monday, March 15 - Nashville
- Thursday, March 18 - Chicago
- Saturday, March 20 Chicago
- Tuesday, March 23 at Dallas
- Thursday, March 25 at Dallas
- Saturday, March 27 at Carolina
- Sunday, March 28 at Carolina
- Tuesday, March 30 - Columbus
- Thursday, April 1 - Columbus
- Saturday, April 3 - Detroit
- Sunday, April 4 - Detroit
- Tuesday, April 6 at Columbus
- Thursday, April 8 at Columbus
- Saturday, April 10 at Nashville
- Monday, April 12 at Nashville
- Thursday, April 15 -Florida
- Saturday, April 17 - Florida
- Monday, April 19 - Carolina
- Tuesday, April 20 - Carolina
- Thursday, April 22 - Columbus
- Sunday, April 25 - Columbus
- Tuesday, April 27 at Chicago
- Saturday, May 1 at Detroit
- Sunday, May 2 at Detroit
- Tuesday, May 4 - Florida
- Thursday, May 6 at Florida
- Saturday, May 8 at Florida
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
