The Avalanche's 2016-17 regular-season schedule was announced Tuesday, and the team will open at home against Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 15.
It will be the latest start to a full season in Quebec/Colorado history. The Avalanche, Arizona and Vancouver will be the final three teams to open their respective schedules on that date.
The Avalanche will play five of their seven October games on the road, with a four-game trip to Pittsburgh, Washington, Tampa Bay and Florida following the opener.
Colorado will play five games against each of its six Central Division opponents, facing Nashville, St. Louis and Winnipeg three times each at the Pepsi Center, while meeting Chicago, Dallas and Minnesota twice each at home.
Seventeen of 41 home games will be played on weekends -- five on Friday, nine on Saturday and three on Sunday.
The Avalanche's longest homestand is five games (Nov. 23-Dec. 3) against Edmonton, Vancouver, Nashville, Columbus and Dallas. The longest road trip also is five games (Feb. 11-17) against the New York Rangers and Islanders, New Jersey, Buffalo and Carolina.
Colorado will play at home on New Year's Eve for the fourth consecutive season, taking on the Rangers.
The Avalanche will play back-to-back games 11 times, including April 8-9 games at Dallas and St. Louis to conclude the season.
The schedule (Home games in CAPS, all times MT):
PRESEASON
Tue, Sept. 27 at Minnesota 6 p.m. Wed, Sept. 28 DALLAS 7 p.m. Fri, Sept. 30 LOS ANGELES 7 p.m. Tue, Oct. 4 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. Wed, Oct. 5 at Dallas 6:30 p.m. Sat, Oct. 8 Los Angeles 8 p.m. Las Vegas
REGULAR SEASON
OCTOBER
Sat, Oct. 15 DALLAS 7 p.m. Mon, Oct. 17 at Pittsburgh 5 p.m. Tue, Oct. 18 at Washington 5 p.m. Thur, Oct. 20 at Tampa Bay 5:30 p.m. Sat, Oct. 22 at Florida 5 p.m. Fri, Oct. 28 WINNIPEG 7 p.m. Sat, Oct. 29 at Arizona 7 p.m.
NOVEMBER
Tue, Nov. 1 NASHVILLE 7 p.m. Thur, Nov. 3 at Chicago Sat, Nov. 5 MINNESOTA 1 p.m. Sun, Nov. 6 at St. Louis 3 p.m. Tue, Nov. 8 ARIZONA 7 p.m. Fri, Nov. 11 WINNIPEG 7 p.m. Sun, Nov. 13 BOSTON 5 p.m. Tue, Nov. 15 LOS ANGELES 7 p.m. Thur, Nov. 17 at Dallas 6:30 p.m. Sat, Nov. 19 at Minnesota 6 p.m. Mon, Nov. 21 at Columbus Wed, Nov. 23 EDMONTON 8 p.m. Sat, Nov. 26 VANCOUVER 8 p.m. Tue, Nov. 29 NASHVILLE 7 p.m.
DECEMBER
Thur, Dec. 1 COLUMBUS 7 p.m. Sat, Dec. 3 DALLAS 7 p.m. Tue, Dec. 6 at Nashville 6 p.m. Thur, Dec. 8 at Boston 5 p.m. Sat, Dec. 10 at Montreal 5 p.m. Sun, Dec. 11 at Toronto 5 p.m. Wed, Dec. 14 PHILADELPHIA 8 p.m. Fri, Dec. 16 FLORIDA 7 p.m. Sun, Dec. 18 at Winnipeg 1 p.m. Tue, Dec. 20 at Minnesota 6 p.m. Thur, Dec. 22 TORONTO 7 p.m. Fri, Dec. 23 at Chicago 6:30 p.m. Tue, Dec. 27 CALGARY 7 p.m. Thur, Dec. 29 at Dallas 6:30 p.m. Sat, Dec. 31 NY RANGERS 6 p.m.
JANUARY
Mon, Jan. 2 at Vancouver 8 p.m. Wed, Jan. 4 at Calgary 8 p.m. Fri, Jan. 6 NY ISLANDERS 7 p.m. Thur, Jan. 12 ANAHEIM 7 p.m. Sat, Jan. 14 NASHVILLE 1 p.m. Tue, Jan. 17 CHICAGO 7 p.m. Thur, Jan. 19 at Anaheim 8 p.m. Sat, Jan. 21 at San Jose 8:30 p.m. Mon, Jan. 23 SAN JOSE 7 p.m. Wed, Jan. 25 VANCOUVER 7:30 p.m.
ALL-STAR BREAK Jan. 26-30 (Los Angeles)
Tue, Jan. 31 at Anaheim 8 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Wed, Feb. 1 at Los Angeles 8:30 p.m. Sat, Feb. 4 WINNIPEG 1 p.m. Tue, Feb. 7 MONTREAL 7 p.m. Thur, Feb. 9 PITTSBURGH 7 p.m. Sat, Feb. 11 at NY Rangers 5 p.m. Sun, Feb. 12 at NY Islanders 4 p.m. Tue, Feb. 14 at New Jersey 5 p.m. Thur, Feb. 16 at Buffalo 5 p.m. Fri, Feb. 17 at Carolina 5:30 p.m. Sun, Feb. 19 TAMPA BAY 6 p.m. Tue, Feb. 21 LOS ANGELES 7 p.m. Thur, Feb. 23 at Nashville 6 p.m. Sat, Feb. 25 BUFFALO 8 p.m. Tue, Feb. 28 at Philadelphia
MARCH
Thur, March 2 at Ottawa 5:30 p.m. Sat, March 4 at Winnipeg 5 p.m. Sun, March 5 ST. LOUIS 6 p.m. Tue, March 7 CAROLINA 7 p.m. Thur, March 9 NEW JERSEY 7 p.m. Sat, March 11 OTTAWA 5 p.m. Mon, March 13 at Arizona 8 p.m. Wed, March 15 DETROIT 8 p.m. Sat, March 18 at Detroit 11 a.m. Sun, March 19 at Chicago 5 p.m. Tue, March 21 ST. LOUIS 7 p.m. Thur, March 23 EDMONTON 7 p.m. Sat, March 25 at Edmonton 8 p.m. Mon, March 27 at Calgary 7 p.m. Wed, March 29 WASHINGTON 8 p.m. Fri, March 31 ST. LOUIS 7 p.m.
APRIL
Sun, April 2 at Minnesota 4 p.m. Tue, April 4 CHICAGO 7 p.m. Thur, April 6 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. Sat, April 8 at Dallas 6 p.m. Sun, April 9 at St. Louis 4 p.m.