The Maple Leafs 2013 Schedule has been released, with the new CBA officially going into effect.
Toronto begins and ends the season as they traditionally have the last few seasons against the Montreal Canadiens. The season opener will be at the Bell Centre on Saturday, January 19th at 7pm and the last game will be at the Air Canada Center on Saturday, April 27th.
The home opener will be on Monday, January 21 against the division rival Buffalo Sabres.
Toronto faces the Canadian cities(Montreal and Ottawa) in the Northeast Division five times and the American cities(Buffalo and Boston) four times. Montreal plays at the ACC three times and the Leafs play three times in Ottawa.
January is almost equally split, with three games at home and four on the road, but February is decidedly heavy with games away from home, with nine road games and only six in Toronto, while March is the opposite, with nine games at the ACC and five games on the road. April is equally split six games home and away.
The longest road trip in the over three month schedule is three games, one in early February(Washington, Winnipeg, Montreal) and the other in the last week of the season(Ottawa, Tampa, Florida), while Toronto's longest homestand is in mid-March against Pittsburgh, Winnipeg and Tampa.
Quirks in the schedule:
Playing Buffalo twice in the first ten days of the season.
Facing Sidney Crosby and the Penguins two times at the ACC within five days(March 9 & March 14)
Home in
Bold
January 2013
Sat, 19 Jan 2013 At Canadiens
Mon, 21 Jan 2013
Sabres
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 At Penguins
Thu, 24 Jan 2013
Islanders
Sat, 26 Jan 2013 At Rangers
Tue, 29 Jan 2013 At Sabres
Thu, 31 Jan 2013
Capitals
February 2013
Sat, 2 Feb 2013
Bruins
Mon, 4 Feb 2013
Hurricanes
Tue, 5 Feb 2013 At Capitals
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 At Jets
Sat, 9 Feb 2013 At Canadiens
Mon, 11 Feb 2013
Flyers
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 At Hurricanes
Sat, 16 Feb 2013
Senators
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 At Panthers
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 At Lightning
Thu, 21 Feb 2013
Sabres
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 At Senators
Mon, 25 Feb 2013 At Flyers
Wed, 27 Feb 2013
Canadiens
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 At Islanders
March 2013
Mon, 4 Mar 2013
Devils
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
Senators
Thu, 7 Mar 2013 At Bruins
Sat, 9 Mar 2013
Penguins
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 At Jets
Thu, 14 Mar 2013
Penguins
Sat, 16 Mar 2013
Jets
Wed, 20 Mar 2013
Lightning
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 At Sabres
Sat, 23 Mar 2013
Bruins
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 At Bruins
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
Panthers
Thu, 28 Mar 2013
Hurricanes
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 At Senators
April 2013
Thu, 4 Apr 2013
Flyers
Sat, 6 Apr 2013 At Devils
Mon, 8 Apr 2013
Rangers
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 At Rangers
Sat, 13 Apr 2013
Canadiens
Mon, 15 Apr 2013
Devils
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 At Capitals
Thu, 18 Apr 2013
Islanders
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 At Senators
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 At Lightning
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 At Panthers
Sat, 27 Apr 2013
Canadiens
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