Flyers announce their complete regular season schedule for 2022-23

With the Stanley Cup awarded to the Colorado Avalanche last week, marking the official end of a dreadful 2021-22 season for Flyers faithful, fans finally can set their sights on 2022-23 and mark their calendars with concrete dates.

The Flyers released their complete 82-game schedule for the 2022-23 season on Wednesday. It commences against the New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Wells Fargo Center. They will make three stops on their first road trip of the season, at the Tampa Bay Lightning (8 p.m., Oct. 18), the Florida Panthers (7:30 p.m., Oct. 19), and the Nashville Predators (8 p.m., Oct. 22).

This season, the Flyers will play 15 back-to-back games, which is one fewer than the 16 they played last season. Eight of those games are back-to-backs on the road with no stop at home, including the Tampa-Florida games in October.

The Flyers’ annual Black Friday game at the Wells Fargo Center will feature a matchup against the rival Pittsburgh Penguins (5 p.m., Nov. 25). That game marks the Flyers’ first tilt of the season against the Penguins and the only one at home. They will play three total games against their intrastate foe (3:30 p.m. on March 11 at Pittsburgh and 4 p.m. on April 2 at Pittsburgh). The Flyers also will play the New York Rangers just three times but will face all other divisional opponents four times.

The Stanley Cup champion Avalanche will make their lone visit to the Wells Fargo Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 5.

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The longest homestand of the Flyers’ season comes late in the schedule over the course of 15 days from March 14-28. The Flyers will play seven straight games at the Wells Fargo Center against the Vegas Golden Knights, Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Panthers, Minnesota Wild, Detroit Red Wings, and the Montréal Canadiens during that stretch.

The Flyers will play five straight games on the road in their longest trip of the season, but the five-day holiday break falls in the middle of it. The road trip starts with a back-to-back in Toronto (2 p.m., Dec. 22) and Carolina (7 p.m., Dec. 23), then picks up after the break with a tour on the West Coast against the San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m., Dec. 29), the Los Angeles Kings (4 p.m., Dec. 31), and the Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m., Jan. 2).

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The Flyers’ annual western Canada road trip now includes a stop in Seattle, as they take on the Kraken (10 p.m., Feb. 16), the Vancouver Canucks (10 p.m., Feb. 18), the Calgary Flames (4 p.m., Feb. 20), and the Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m., Feb. 21). Last year, the Flyers’ road game against the Kraken came during the team’s West Coast road trip.

New Flyers head coach John Tortorella will visit the Columbus Blue Jackets, his most recent coaching stop, for the first time at 7 p.m. Nov. 10.

Of the Flyers’ eight games in April to conclude the season, five are on the road, including a weeklong four-game road trip (Pittsburgh at 6 p.m. April 2, St. Louis Blues at 8 p.m. April 4, Dallas Stars at 8:30 p.m. April 6, and New York Islanders at 7:30 p.m. April 8). The Flyers will play their final game of the season at the Chicago Blackhawks at 8:30 p.m. April 13.

The Flyers will announce their television and broadcast schedule at a later date, as plans have not been finalized yet. Single-game ticket information for all home games will also be announced in the near future. The team released its six-game preseason schedule, which begins Sept. 24, earlier this week.