Seven Signature Games Highlight Sabres Schedule

The Buffalo Sabres revealed their 2025-26 regular season schedule on Wednesday, with the club opening the 82-game schedule against the New York Rangers at Key Bank Center on Thursday, October 9. The Sabres schedule is home-heavy early in the season, but each month has a game that is intriguing.

Here are seven home games for each month of the season:

October - Friday 10/24 vs. Toronto - Narrowly beating out the first meeting with the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, the first Leafs-Sabres match with Key Bank Center loaded with Toronto fans is always a signature event. Buffalo regularly dominated the Leafs on home ice, but Toronto has fared better in recent years.

November - Tuesday 11/4 vs. Utah - Possibly the most anticipated game of the season, with JJ Peterka returning to Buffalo for the first time since forcing his way out. It will also be Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan’s first chance to play against the newly-named Mammoth.

Other Sabres Stories

Projecting Sabres Trade Cost - Bryan Rust

Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere

December - Monday 12/1 vs. Winnipeg - The Sabres only play four games at home in December, and the other three are against non-playoff teams (Philadelphia, NY Islanders, and Boston), so the game against the President’s Trophy-winning Jets wins by default.

January - Monday 1/12 vs. Florida - The best of eight home games in January is against the Stanley Cup Champions, with three former Sabres in Sam Reinhart, Dmitri Kulikov, and Evan Rodrigues sporting a ring on each hand.

 February - Thursday 2/5 vs. Pittsburgh - Slim pickings in the year’s shortest month, since the Sabres play only once at Key Bank Center because of the Olympic break, but at least we get to see Sidney Crosby before he hops on a plane to Italy.

March - Tuesday 3/3 vs. Vegas - There is still a buzz in the air when Jack Eichel comes to town, and now that Mitch Marner has joined the former Sabres team captain, the Golden Knights may be the most hated club in the Niagara Peninsula.

April - Monday 4/6 vs. Tampa Bay - One of only three home games and the last Atlantic Division game at KBC in the regular season, something that the Sabres hope means something for playoff implications down the stretch.