Carolina Hurricanes schedule 2026-27

All 84 regular-season games — 42 home, 42 away — in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference. Start times are converted to your timezone, not left in US Eastern.

Opener
Sep 29vs Florida Panthers
Finale
Apr 10at Florida Panthers
Longest homestand
5 games, Dec 3 – Dec 13
Longest road trip
5 games, Oct 17 – Oct 24
Longest break
10 days, Jan 30 – Feb 9
Busiest month
March 2027, 15 games

Full schedule

September 2026 1 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 29 vs Florida Panthers

October 2026 14 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 2 vs Washington Capitals
Oct 3 at Philadelphia Flyers
Oct 6 at Montréal Canadiens
Oct 8 vs Vancouver Canucks
Oct 10 at Chicago Blackhawks
Oct 11 at Philadelphia Flyers
Oct 13 vs Washington Capitals
Oct 17 at Winnipeg Jets
Oct 18 at Calgary Flames
Oct 20 at Vancouver Canucks
Oct 22 at Edmonton Oilers
Oct 24 at St. Louis Blues
Oct 27 vs Boston Bruins
Oct 29 vs Columbus Blue Jackets

November 2026 12 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 1 vs Winnipeg Jets
Nov 3 at Nashville Predators
Nov 5 at New York Islanders
Nov 7 vs Chicago Blackhawks
Nov 12 at Seattle Kraken
Nov 14 vs Seattle Kraken
Nov 19 vs Montréal Canadiens
Nov 21 vs Edmonton Oilers
Nov 22 at New York Rangers
Nov 25 at Tampa Bay Lightning
Nov 28 vs Ottawa Senators
Nov 30 at New York Rangers

December 2026 13 games

Date Opponent Time
Dec 3 vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Dec 5 vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Dec 8 vs New York Rangers
Dec 11 vs New York Islanders
Dec 13 vs Boston Bruins
Dec 15 at Columbus Blue Jackets
Dec 17 at Utah Mammoth
Dec 18 at Colorado Avalanche
Dec 21 at Vegas Golden Knights
Dec 26 vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Dec 28 vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Dec 29 at Pittsburgh Penguins
Dec 31 at Detroit Red Wings

January 2027 14 games

Date Opponent Time
Jan 2 vs Nashville Predators
Jan 5 vs St. Louis Blues
Jan 7 vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Jan 9 at Buffalo Sabres
Jan 12 at Boston Bruins
Jan 14 at Washington Capitals
Jan 15 vs Philadelphia Flyers
Jan 17 vs Vegas Golden Knights
Jan 21 at Florida Panthers
Jan 23 vs Anaheim Ducks
Jan 25 at Ottawa Senators
Jan 26 at Montréal Canadiens
Jan 28 vs New York Islanders
Jan 30 vs Los Angeles Kings

February 2027 10 games

Date Opponent Time
Feb 9 vs Colorado Avalanche
Feb 11 vs Minnesota Wild
Feb 13 vs Buffalo Sabres
Feb 16 at Toronto Maple Leafs
Feb 18 at Buffalo Sabres
Feb 19 vs Detroit Red Wings
Feb 21 vs New York Rangers
Feb 23 at New Jersey Devils
Feb 25 vs San Jose Sharks
Feb 27 vs Tampa Bay Lightning

March 2027 15 games

Date Opponent Time
Mar 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets
Mar 3 at Washington Capitals
Mar 5 vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Mar 7 vs Utah Mammoth
Mar 9 at Minnesota Wild
Mar 12 vs Calgary Flames
Mar 13 vs New Jersey Devils
Mar 16 at Anaheim Ducks
Mar 18 at Los Angeles Kings
Mar 20 at San Jose Sharks
Mar 23 at Dallas Stars
Mar 25 vs Dallas Stars
Mar 27 at Pittsburgh Penguins
Mar 29 at New Jersey Devils
Mar 30 at New York Islanders

April 2027 5 games

Date Opponent Time
Apr 2 at Detroit Red Wings
Apr 3 vs New Jersey Devils
Apr 5 vs Philadelphia Flyers
Apr 7 vs Ottawa Senators
Apr 10 at Florida Panthers

Who they play

How often each opponent appears, and where the games are played. The NHL's schedule formula weights divisional matchups heaviest, so the top of this list is where the rivalries are.

OpponentGamesHomeAway
Columbus Blue Jackets422
New Jersey Devils422
New York Islanders422
New York Rangers422
Philadelphia Flyers422
Pittsburgh Penguins422
Washington Capitals422
Boston Bruins321
Buffalo Sabres312
Detroit Red Wings312
Florida Panthers312
Montréal Canadiens312
Ottawa Senators321
Tampa Bay Lightning321
Toronto Maple Leafs321
Anaheim Ducks211
Calgary Flames211
Chicago Blackhawks211
Colorado Avalanche211
Dallas Stars211
Edmonton Oilers211
Los Angeles Kings211
Minnesota Wild211
Nashville Predators211
Seattle Kraken211
San Jose Sharks211
St. Louis Blues211
Utah Mammoth211
Vancouver Canucks211
Vegas Golden Knights211
Winnipeg Jets211

About this schedule

This page lists every Carolina Hurricanes game of the 2026-27 NHL regular season: 84 games in all, 42 at home and 42 away, running from Sep 29 to Apr 10. Home games are marked vs and road games at, and the score replaces the matchup once a game has been played, so the page is worth checking back on through the season.

Every start time is converted to your own timezone. The NHL publishes its schedule in US Eastern, which is why fans in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe end up doing arithmetic before every game. Here that is done for you: a game that starts late on the league's calendar date but lands after midnight where you are is marked +1, and tapping any game shows the full local date, the arena's own start time, the venue and the broadcaster where one is listed.

To compare the Carolina Hurricanes against the rest of the league — who has games in hand, who faces a congested week — the full NHL schedule grid puts all 32 teams on one screen, with the same colour coding and the same timezone handling.

Metropolitan Division

Frequently asked questions

When does the Carolina Hurricanes 2026-27 season start?

The Carolina Hurricanes open the 2026-27 regular season on Sep 29, 2026, vs Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center. Start times on this page are shown in your own timezone.

How many games do the Carolina Hurricanes play in 2026-27?

84 regular-season games — 42 at home and 42 on the road. The NHL moved to an 84-game regular season from 2026-27 under the current collective bargaining agreement, up from 82.

What is the longest Carolina Hurricanes homestand in 2026-27?

5 straight home games, from Dec 3 to Dec 13. The longest road trip is 5 games, from Oct 17 to Oct 24.

How do I see Carolina Hurricanes game times in my own timezone?

They already are. This page detects your timezone and converts every start time to it, and you can override the detection with the "Times in" control. Where a game falls on the following day where you are — common in the UK and Europe — the time carries a +1 mark, and tapping a game shows the full date and the arena's own local time.

Which team do the Carolina Hurricanes play most often in 2026-27?

Columbus Blue Jackets, 4 times — 2 at home and 2 away. Divisional opponents are met most often under the NHL's schedule formula.

Schedule data from the NHL's public API, rebuilt daily. Times shown in your own timezone; the underlying data is stored in UTC.