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Flames announce 2018-19 regular season schedule

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By Ryan Pike

Jun 21, 2018, 18:15 EDTUpdated: Jun 21, 2018, 18:22 EDT

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The Calgary Flames have released their 2018-19 regular season schedule. To the surprise of few, they’ll play 82 games this season.

Pat Steinberg

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The full #Flames schedule has been released. Starts October 3rd with a home-and-home set with Vancouver. Full schedule is below.

9:35 PM · Jun 21, 2018

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The divisional breakdown is as follows:

Four games (two home and two away) against Pacific Division opponents, except Vancouver (who they play five times).
Three games (two home and one away or one home and two away) against the Central Division.
Two games (one home and one away) against the Eastern Conference.

In terms of hot ticket home dates:

Vancouver visits on Oct. 6 and Dec. 29.
Pittsburgh visits on Oct. 25.
Washington visits on Oct. 27.
Montreal visits on Nov. 15.
Edmonton visits on Nov. 17 and Apr. 6.
Vegas visits on Nov. 19 and Mar. 10.
Toronto comes to town on Mar. 4.

The annual New Year’s Eve game is against San Jose and begins at 7 p.m. MT.

There are a few home games starting at strange times:

Sat., Oct. 27 has a 2 p.m. start time when the Flames welcome Washington.
Sat., Dec. 22 has a 2 p.m. puck drop for the St. Louis Blues visiting.
Mon., Feb. 18 is the now-annual Family Day game, this year against Arizona with a 2 p.m. start.

Beyond these, there’s a 6:30 p.m. Wednesday start due to Sportsnet commitments and a few Wednesday 7:30 p.m. games, but for the most part things are fairly standard.

The longest road trip is four games (twice). The longest homestand is five games. The Flames don’t play between Jan. 23-31 due to the All-Star Break and the CBA-mandated break combining this year for the locals.

Similar to the 2017-18 season, the Flames will close out the season with seven of eight contests against Pacific Division opponents – including five straight at the very end – so if they’re still in the hunt for a playoff spot, those games could be particularly important.