When are the 2025-2026 NHL Schedules Released?
Release Date
Following suit with most of the other major sports, the NHL does an excellent job of keeping the actual release date under its hat. But, based on past schedule release dates we can make somewhat of an educated guess that the schedules will be released sometime between Tuesday, June 23rd and Friday, June 26th.
Past Release Dates
| Year | Date | Day of Week |
| 2024-2025 | July 2nd, 2024 | Tuesday |
| 2023-2024 | June 27, 2023 | Tuesday |
| 2022-2023 | July 6, 2022 | Wednesday |
| 2021-2022 | July 22, 2022 | Thursday |
| 2020-2021 | NA | NA |
| 2019-2020 | June 25, 2019 | Tuesday |
| 2018-2019 | June 21, 2018 | Thursday |
| 2017-2018 | June 22, 2017 | Thursday |
| 2016-2017 | June 21, 2016 | Tuesday |
| 2015-2016 | June 25, 2015 | Thursday |
| 2014-2015 | June 22, 2014 | Sunday |
| 2013-2014 | July 19, 2013 | Friday |
| 2012-2013 | June 21, 2012 | Thursday |