Weekly schedule
NHL off-nights and fantasy hockey schedule, this week
This week: Sep 28–Oct 4 (39 NHL games)
Off-nights (quiet nights): Tue (5 games), Wed (3 games), Thu (8 games), Fri (5 games), Sun (5 games). Packed nights: Sat (13 games).
Best streaming schedules this week:
- Rangers (NYR): 4 games, all on off-nights, back-to-back
- Canucks (VAN): 4 games, 3 on off-nights, back-to-back
- Panthers (FLA): 3 games, all on off-nights
- Golden Knights (VGK): 3 games, all on off-nights
- Bruins (BOS): 3 games, 2 on off-nights, back-to-back
Four-game weeks: Rangers, Canucks.
See all 32 teams in one compact weekly schedule. Filter by date, compare off-night volume, identify back-to-backs, and inspect fantasy-playoff windows configured for your league.
How to read the weekly schedule
An off-night is a night with 8 or fewer NHL games. With half the league idle, most fantasy lineups have empty spots, so a player whose team plays that night is far more likely to count than one who plays on a packed 13-game night.
Games per team tells you volume; usable games tell you value. A four-game week spread across quiet nights beats a four-game week where every game lands on a night your lineup is already full.
Back-to-backs matter most for goalies: the second night is usually the backup's start. For skaters they are simply two more games, as long as your lineup has room on both nights.
The schedule updates every night from the NHL, including start-time changes, and weeks run Monday to Sunday with the opening days of the season counted as week 1, the same as Yahoo.
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