The Avalanche will open the 2020-21 regular season on Wednesday, Jan. 13, against the St. Louis Blues at Ball Arena.
The NHL released each team’s 56-game schedule on Wednesday.
The schedule consists entirely of refigured divisional games, with the Avalanche playing in the West Division with Anaheim, Arizona, Los Angeles, Minnesota, St. Louis, San Jose and Vegas.
They’ll play each team eight times.
The Avalanche will finish regular-season play on Saturday, May 8, at Los Angeles.
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The schedule will be fairly similar to the one used by Major League Baseball with two-game series to cut down on travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It includes an eight-game homestand from March 5-20, nine road trips of two or four games, and seven back-to-back games.
Start times and broadcast information will be announced in the coming days.
Training camp begins January 3. No preseason games will be played.
Fans won’t be permitted for practices or games, at least at the start.
2020-21 Avalanche Regular-Season Schedule
Home Games are in CAPS
JANUARY Wed, Jan. 13 -- ST. LOUIS Fri, Jan. 15 -- ST. LOUIS Tue, Jan. 19 -- at Los Angeles Thu, Jan. 21 -- at Los Angeles Fri, Jan. 22 -- at Anaheim Sun, Jan. 24 -- at Anaheim Tue, Jan. 26 -- SAN JOSE Thu, Jan. 28 -- SAN JOSE Sat, Jan. 30 -- at Minnesota Sun, Jan. 31 -- at Minnesota
FEBRUARY Tue, Feb. 2 -- MINNESOTA Thu, Feb. 4 -- MINNESOTA Sat, Feb. 6 -- at St. Louis Sun, Feb. 7 -- at St. Louis Tue, Feb. 9 -- ARIZONA Thu, Feb. 11 -- ARIZONA Sun, Feb. 14 -- at Vegas Tue, Feb. 16 -- at Vegas Sat, Feb. 20 -- VEGAS Mon, Feb. 22 -- VEGAS Thu, Feb. 25 -- at Arizona Sat, Feb. 27 -- at Arizona
MARCH Mon, Mar. 1 -- at San Jose Wed, Mar. 3 -- at San Jose Fri, Mar. 5 -- ANAHEIM Sat, Mar. 6 -- ANAHEIM Mon, Mar. 8 -- ARIZONA Wed, Mar. 10 -- ARIZONA Fri, Mar. 12 -- LOS ANGELES Sun, Mar. 14 -- LOS ANGELES Thu, Mar. 18 -- MINNESOTA Sat, Mar. 20 -- MINNESOTA Mon, Mar. 22 -- at Arizona Tue, Mar. 23 -- at Arizona Thu, Mar. 25 -- VEGAS Sat, Mar. 27 -- VEGAS Mon, Mar. 29 -- ANAHEIM Wed, Mar. 31 -- ANAHEIM
APRIL Sat, Apr. 3 -- ST. LOUIS Mon, Apr. 5 -- at Minnesota Wed, Apr. 7 -- at Minnesota Fri, Apr. 9 -- at Anaheim Sun, Apr. 11 -- at Anaheim Fri, Apr. 16 -- LOS ANGELES Sun, Apr. 18 -- LOS ANGELES Tue, Apr. 20 -- ST. LOUIS Thu, Apr. 22 -- at St. Louis Sat, Apr. 24 -- at St. Louis Mon, Apr. 26 -- at Vegas Wed, Apr. 28 -- at Vegas Fri, Apr. 30 -- SAN JOSE
MAY Sat, May 1 -- SAN JOSE Mon, May 3 -- at San Jose Wed, May 5 -- at San Jose Fri, May 7 -- at Los Angeles Sat, May 8 -- at Los Angeles