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Montreal Canadiens schedule 2026
The complete Canadiens schedule covers eighty-two regular-season games — forty-one at Centre Bell and forty-one on the road — plus a six-game pre-season slate in late September and as many as four playoff rounds in the spring if the team qualifies. The home calendar leans heavily on Saturday and Tuesday nights, with the occasional Thursday and Sunday date mixed in. Atlantic Division opponents — Toronto, Boston, Tampa Bay, Florida, Buffalo, Ottawa, Detroit — appear three or four times each, with the Canadiens hosting roughly half of those head-to-heads at the Bell. Original Six and Metropolitan Division visits round out the marquee dates: the Rangers, the Penguins on a Crosby visit, and the Blackhawks when the rotating Western Conference schedule brings them east. Every home game on this hub feeds from live inventory, so the schedule list below reflects what is actually on sale right now, not a static calendar that goes stale the moment a game sells out. Sort by date for the next ten home matches, or scroll the full programmation for the season ahead.
The next confirmed home game appears at the top of the schedule list below, with the visiting team, exact start time in Eastern, and live availability. Centre Bell hosts roughly forty-one regular-season home games between October and early April, plus pre-season action in late September and playoff dates if the Habs qualify. If you are travelling in for a specific weekend, the home calendar tends to follow a Saturday-anchor pattern — Saturday-night Original Six matchups against Toronto or Boston, midweek games against Atlantic Division rivals, and the occasional Sunday matinee. Lower-bowl seats facing the Canadiens bench and the rouge sections behind the net the Habs shoot at twice generally clear first. Resale availability through verified resale and SeatGeek typically opens up about ten days out, with the steepest price drops on midweek non-rivalry games. If the next listed game is sold out at primary, the resale links below will show what is still available and where it sits in the building.
Tue · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Thu · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Nashville Predators
Sat · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings
Tue · 6:30 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres
Sat · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres
Tue · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose Sharks
Sat · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Tue · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Winnipeg Jets
Thu · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Utah Mammoth
Tue · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota Wild
Sat · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado Avalanche
Sat · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Mon · 7:30 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings
Wed · 7:30 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Sat · 1:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers
Sun · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators
Tue · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Thu · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Anaheim Ducks
Mon · 7:30 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton Oilers
Sat · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Sun · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas Stars
Tue · 7:00 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Mon · 7:30 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Wed · 7:30 PM
Montreal, QC · Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
At a glance
- League
- National Hockey League
- Home venue
- Bell Centre
- Listed events
- 24
- Prices from
- $89
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- City
- Montreal
- Last updated
- October 2, 2026
About the Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens — Les Canadiens, Habs, La Sainte-Flanelle — are the most decorated franchise in the history of the NHL and one of the Original Six. Twenty-four Stanley Cups sit in the rafters at Centre Bell, more than any other club in the league and a total no expansion-era franchise will ever realistically match. Founded in 1909 and continuously operating ever since, the Canadiens predate the NHL itself. From Maurice Richard to Jean Béliveau, Guy Lafleur, Patrick Roy and Carey Price, the bleu-blanc-rouge has produced more Hall of Famers than any rival, and the CH crest has been part of Quebec identity for more than a century. Centre Bell, opened in 1996 to replace the old Montreal Forum, holds just over 21,000 fans and is routinely the loudest building in the league on a Saturday night. The bilingual anthem, the rolling chant of "Go Habs Go", the lower-bowl banners — Montreal hockey is closer to civic religion than entertainment. Whether you are looking for tonight's puck-drop time, the next home game at Centre Bell, full-season programming, or rivalry tickets against the Maple Leafs or Bruins, this hub is the bilingual home for Habs fans on both sides of the language line.
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Canadiens tickets are available through three primary channels: TicketNetwork alongside the official box office of the team and Centre Bell, verified fan-to-fan resale backed by the league's verification, and the secondary marketplaces SeatGeek and StubHub for additional inventory and price comparison. The Habs do not sell tickets directly from canadiens.com — primary purchases route through TicketNetwork and the official box office. For non-rivalry midweek games, primary single-game prices typically start in the upper-bowl corners and rise into the lower-bowl center sections. Saturday-night Original Six matchups against Toronto or Boston, as well as visits from Connor McDavid's Oilers or Sidney Crosby's Penguins, command the highest prices and sell first. Verified resale opens between one and two weeks out for most games — earlier for high-demand dates. If you are sensitive on price, the cheapest seats are generally upper-bowl 300-level corners; for sightlines, lower-bowl 100-level center reds offer the best value per dollar on a non-rivalry night. All purchases ship as mobile tickets through the official ticketing app, so bring a phone with a charged battery on game day.
The Montreal Canadiens gameday experience
Bell Centre is where Montreal Canadiens fans gather for ice hockey, the 21,105-seat arena. You'll find it in Downtown Montreal (Quartier des spectacles area). The rivalry with the Capitals (2 recorded meetings) lifts the atmosphere a notch and pushes ticket demand higher. Doors usually open well before the first whistle, so arriving 45 minutes early leaves time for security and concessions. Most ice hockey games run about 2–3 hours.
Canadiens rivalries
Canadiens vs Capitals · 2 meetings
Canadiens vs Bruins · 2 meetings
Canadiens vs Blue Jackets · 2 meetings
Canadiens vs Sabres · 2 meetings
Canadiens vs Lightning · 2 meetings
vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Canadiens vs Maple Leafs is the oldest rivalry in the NHL — two Original Six charter clubs that have been playing each other since 1917, separated by five hours of highway between Centre Bell and Scotiabank Arena. The Battle of Ontario gets the modern headlines, but the Battle of Quebec-Ontario predates it by half a century. Habs-Leafs games at Centre Bell are the hardest non-playoff ticket of the year. Lower-bowl seats facing the visiting bench and the rouge sections behind the net the Leafs attack twice typically clear within hours of the schedule release. Saturday-night editions on Hockey Night in Canada draw the loudest crowd of the regular season. Expect resale prices roughly two to three times a comparable non-rivalry Tuesday-night game, and book early if you are flying in for the weekend.
vs Boston Bruins
Canadiens vs Bruins is the second-most-storied rivalry in hockey and the most heated of any non-Toronto matchup on the Habs calendar. The two Original Six clubs have met more than 750 times since 1924, and through the 1970s the Cournoyer-Lafleur Canadiens and the Big Bad Bruins of Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito traded title contention year after year. The intensity carried through the Cam Neely era, the Patrick Roy years, and into the modern Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak teams that have stocked the Atlantic Division. Habs-Bruins games at Centre Bell pull a particularly engaged crowd because Boston fans travel — the TD Garden faithful make the five-hour trip up I-93 in numbers. Saturday-night editions are routinely sold out at primary; resale is your most reliable path. Pricing sits below Maple Leafs games but above any other Atlantic opponent.
vs Ottawa Senators
Canadiens vs Senators is the Battle of Quebec-Ontario in its modern, two-hour-on-the-401 form — Centre Bell to Canadian Tire Centre, the only NHL rivalry where the two cities share a provincial border and a parliamentary capital. The matchup gained real weight through the 2013 first-round playoff series, the bench-clearing feud with Erik Karlsson and Daniel Alfredsson, and the modern wave of Brady Tkachuk-led Senators teams. Habs-Sens games tend to fill the building because Ottawa fans travel — the bus and train traffic between the two cities means a meaningful contingent of red in the stands. Pricing sits in the mid-tier of the Habs calendar: well below Toronto and Boston, but a clear notch above non-divisional Western Conference visits. The Senators host the equivalent home games at Canadian Tire Centre with similar crowd dynamics in reverse.
vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Canadiens vs Lightning has become one of the most consequential Atlantic Division matchups since the 2014 first-round playoff sweep and the 2021 Stanley Cup Final, when Tampa beat Montreal in five games for back-to-back titles. The geographic split between Centre Bell and Amalie Arena gives the rivalry a snow-versus-sun flavor, but the on-ice intensity has been driven by Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy on one side, and the Habs' rebuild and 2021 Final run on the other. Tampa visits Centre Bell roughly three times each regular season, with the marquee date typically falling on a Saturday or Tuesday night. Pricing comes in below Original Six rivalry games but above mid-tier divisional opponents like Buffalo or Detroit, reflecting the recent playoff history and the championship pedigree the Lightning bring through the door.
vs New York Rangers
Canadiens vs Rangers is an Original Six rivalry that goes back to 1926 — the year the Rangers entered the NHL and the year the Canadiens moved into the old Montreal Forum. The Habs and Rangers have met in multiple playoff series across nearly every decade since, including the 1979 Stanley Cup Final won by Montreal and the 1986 conference final won by the eventual Cup-winning Habs. Modern editions feature Igor Shesterkin's goaltending duels at Centre Bell and the lower-bowl roar when the Rangers arrive on the back end of a road swing. Rangers visits land on the Habs schedule roughly two to three times per season under the rotating cross-conference format. Pricing sits a notch below Toronto or Boston nights but above most Metropolitan Division visits, reflecting the franchise history and the New York travel contingent that fills a meaningful share of the upper-bowl corners.
vs Florida Panthers
Canadiens vs Panthers has shifted from a forgotten divisional matchup to one of the heaviest dates on the calendar over the last several seasons, as Florida has emerged as a perennial Atlantic Division and Stanley Cup contender behind Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk and Sergei Bobrovsky. The Panthers visit Centre Bell three to four times each regular season under the divisional schedule weighting, and those dates have moved from afterthought to ticket-mover. Lower-bowl resale prices have climbed accordingly. The Habs faced Florida in their 2021 Stanley Cup playoff run, which added a layer of on-ice history to a previously thin rivalry. For travelling fans, Habs at Amerant Bank Arena (formerly FLA Live Arena) in Sunrise is the warmer-weather inverse — a rare opportunity to watch the Tricolore on the road without flying to a cold-weather city.
Where to sit at Bell Centre
Bell Centre is a steep, three-tier bowl built specifically for hockey, and where you sit changes the game more than at most NHL arenas. The lower bowl, sections 101 through 122, puts you at ice level with crisp sightlines to forecheck battles, line changes, and goaltender footwork; corner seats near the attacking zones tend to deliver the loudest atmosphere when Montreal is pressing. Club-level seats in the 200s sit just above the lower bowl with wider chairs, in-seat service in some sections, and access to premium lounges that make intermissions far easier on cold winter nights. The upper deck, the 300-level reds and grays, is the most affordable way in and remains genuinely good for hockey because the rake is steep enough that even the back rows see passing lanes and structure clearly. Center-ice seats anywhere in the building command a premium, while end-zone corners higher up often offer the best value for fans who prioritize atmosphere and a tactical view of zone entries over proximity to the glass. Premium options include the Desjardins Club, suites along both sidelines, and loge-style boxes that bundle dining, parking, and dedicated entry for a noticeably calmer arrival experience. Families and first-timers often do well in the 300s above the bench side, where you can watch line matchups and coaching adjustments unfold in real time. Visiting fans typically congregate in upper corners behind the visiting net, which is worth knowing whether you want to join that section or avoid it. Whichever level you pick, aim for aisle seats if you plan multiple concourse trips during a long playoff-style night.
Getting to Bell Centre on game day
Getting there
Directly connected to Bonaventure and Lucien-L'Allier Métro stations and the AMT/exo commuter rail hub via the underground city.
Parking
An on-site indoor garage plus numerous downtown lots along De la Gauchetière and Saint-Antoine serve the arena; pre-booking is common on game nights.
Canadiens ticket prices by section
Lower-bowl centerline
Closest action, best sightlines, and the most-resold tier when star opponents visit.
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Lower-bowl ends
Behind-the-net or behind-the-basket — exciting angle at meaningful savings vs centerline.
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Club / loge / premium
In-seat service, private entrance, and premium concourse access for hospitality buyers.
typical price range
Upper bowl
Strong overall view at the lowest entry price — the best value seats in the building.
typical price range
Montreal Canadiens ticket price index
Cheapest upcoming game
Across 81 upcoming Montreal Canadiens games with live pricing, the average get-in price is $113 — 79% above the league average. Best value on the schedule: St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal Canadiens (Wed, Oct 28, 2026, Enterprise Center) starts at $14.
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