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The Winnipeg Jets start the 2025-26 campaign at home in a rematch of last season\u2019s Stanley Cup second-round matchup against the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s longest homestand runs from March 3 to March 17, starting with the Chicago Blackhawks and wrapping up with the Nashville Predators. Six other teams will visit Winnipeg during that stretch.<\/p>\n
In total, the Jets have nine sets of back-to-back games this season \u2014 four exclusively on the road, three at home, and two with a home-and-away split.<\/p>\n
Saturdays will be the busiest day on the calendar, with Winnipeg playing 18 games, including 10 at home. Three of those will be afternoon matinees. The Jets also have three Sunday afternoon games scheduled.<\/p>\n
Divisional play includes 26 games \u2014 four each against Dallas, Chicago, Colorado, Minnesota and St. Louis, and three against Utah and Nashville. Winnipeg will face all 16 Eastern Conference teams twice, once at home and once on the road, and play the eight Pacific Division teams three times each to round out the schedule.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n
Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n
On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n
\t\t\tSign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t Other notable games on the calendar include:<\/p>\n Nov. 1: Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit Canada Life Centre \u2014 and possibly former first-rounder Rutger McGroarty. The NHL\u2019s national broadcast schedule will be announced later this summer, with most Jets games airing on TSN3 and additional coverage split between Rogers Sportsnet and Amazon Prime. All 82 games will be carried on 680 CJOB radio and simulcast on Power 97.<\/p>\n Training camp opens Sept. 17, with six preseason games scheduled between Sept. 21 and Oct. 3.<\/p>\n mike.mcintyre@freepress.mb.ca<\/p>\n X and Bluesky: @mikemcintyrewpg<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Mike McIntyre Mike McIntyre is a sports reporter whose primary role is covering the Winnipeg Jets. After graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 1995, he spent two years gaining experience at the Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in 1997, where he served on the crime and justice beat until 2016. Read more about Mike<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Mike produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nNov. 21: Nikolaj Ehlers returns with the Carolina Hurricanes for their lone visit of the season.
\nDec. 31: The Jets ring in the new year on the road against Mason Appleton and the Detroit Red Wings.
\nJan. 17: The Toronto Maple Leafs and their legion of fans invade Winnipeg for a Saturday Hockey Night in Canada clash.
\nJan. 19: New Jets centre Jonathan Toews returns to Chicago to face the only other NHL team he\u2019s played for in his decorated career.
\nJan. 20: St. Louis returns to Winnipeg for the first time since the \u201cManitoba Miracle.\u201d
\nJan. 22: Paul Maurice and the two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers come to town.
\nFeb. 4: Patrik Laine and the Montreal Canadiens visit in the final game before the Olympic break.
\nFeb. 5-24: The NHL schedule pauses as the focus shifts to the Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina.
\nApr. 16: Winnipeg wraps up the regular season at home against San Jose.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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