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The 2009-10 NHL schedule was released on
Wednesday.  The Habs will begin the season on October 1st in Toronto, the
first of a 5-game road trip before their home opener on October 15th vs
Colorado, which is the first of a 6-game homestand interestingly enough. 
The complete schedule can be seen below.

October

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Oct. 1 Toronto Away 4-3 MTL (OT)
Oct. 3 Buffalo Away 2-1 MTL (OT)
Oct. 6 Calgary Away 4-3 CGY
Oct. 7 Vancouver Away 7-1 VAN
Oct. 10 Edmonton Away 3-2 EDM
Oct. 15 Colorado Home 3-2 COL
Oct. 17 Ottawa Home 3-1 OTT
Oct. 20 Atlanta Home 2-1 MTL
Oct. 22 NY Islanders Home 5-1 MTL
Oct. 24 NY Rangers Home 5-4 MTL (OT)
Oct. 26 NY Islanders Home 3-2 MTL (OT)
Oct. 28 Pittsburgh Away 6-1 PIT
Oct. 30 Chicago Away 3-2 CHI
Oct. 31 Toronto Home 5-4 MTL (SO)

November

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Nov. 3 Atlanta Home 5-4 ATL
Nov. 5 Boston Away 2-1 MTL (SO)
Nov. 7 Tampa Bay Home 3-1 TB
Nov. 10 Calgary Home 1-0 CGY
Nov. 12 Phoenix Away 4-2 MTL
Nov. 14 Nashville Away 2-0 NSH
Nov. 17 Carolina Home 3-2 MTL (SO)
Nov. 20 Washington Away 3-2 MTL
Nov. 21 Detroit Home 3-2 DET (SO)
Nov. 24 Columbus Home 5-3 MTL
Nov. 25 Pittsburgh Away 3-1 PIT
Nov. 28 Washington Home 4-3 WAS (SO)

December

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Dec. 1 Toronto Home 3-0 TOR
Dec. 3 Buffalo Away 6-2 BUF
Dec. 4 Boston Home 5-1 MTL
Dec. 7 Philadelphia Home 3-1 MTL
Dec. 8 Ottawa Away 4-1 MTL
Dec. 10 Pittsburgh Home 3-2 PIT
Dec. 12 Atlanta Away 4-3 ATL (OT)
Dec. 14 Buffalo Home 4-3 BUF
Dec. 16 New Jersey Away 2-1 NJ
Dec. 17 Minnesota Home 3-1 MIN
Dec. 19 NY Islanders Away 3-0 MTL
Dec. 21 Atlanta Away 4-3 MTL (OT)
Dec. 23 Carolina Away 5-1 MTL
Dec. 26 Toronto Away 3-2 MTL (OT)
Dec. 28 Ottawa Away 4-2 OTT
Dec. 30 Tampa Bay Away 2-1 MTL
Dec. 31 Florida Away 5-4 MTL

January

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Jan. 3 Buffalo Home 1-0 BUF
Jan. 5 Washington Away 4-2 WSH
Jan. 7 Florida Home 2-0 MTL
Jan. 9 New Jersey Home 2-1 NJ (OT)
Jan. 14 Dallas Home 5-3 MTL
Jan. 16 Ottawa Home 4-2 OTT
Jan. 17 NY Rangers Away 6-2 NYR
Jan. 20 St. Louis Home 4-3 STL (OT)
Jan. 22 New Jersey Away 3-1 MTL
Jan. 23 NY Rangers Home 6-0 MTL
Jan. 26 Florida Away 2-1 FLA
Jan. 27 Tampa Bay Away 3-0 TB
Jan. 30 Ottawa Away 3-2 OTT (OT)

February

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Feb. 2 Vancouver Home 3-2 MTL
Feb. 4 Boston Away 3-2 MTL (SO)
Feb. 6 Pittsburgh Home 5-3 MTL
Feb. 7 Boston Home 3-0 BOS
Feb. 10 Washington Home 6-5 MTL (OT)
Feb. 12 Philadelphia Away 3-2 PHI
Feb. 13 Philadelphia Home 6-2 PHI

March

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Mar. 2 Boston Away 4-1 MTL
Mar. 4 San Jose Away 3-2 SJ
Mar. 6 Los Angeles Away 4-2 MTL
Mar. 7 Anaheim Away 4-3 MTL (SO)
Mar. 9 Tampa Bay Home 5-3 MTL
Mar. 11 Edmonton Home 5-4 MTL (SO)
Mar. 13 Boston Home 3-2 MTL
Mar. 16 NY Rangers Away 3-1 MTL
Mar. 20 Toronto Away 3-2 TOR (SO)
Mar. 22 Ottawa Home 2-0 OTT
Mar. 24 Buffalo Away 3-2 BUF (SO)
Mar. 25 Florida Home 4-1 MTL
Mar. 27 New Jersey Home 4-2 NJ
Mar. 31 Carolina Home 2-1 CAR

April

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
Apr. 2 Philadelphia Away 1-0 MTL
Apr. 3 Buffalo Home 3-0 MTL
Apr. 6 NY Islanders Away 4-3 NYI (SO)
Apr. 8 Carolina Away 5-2 CAR
Apr. 10 Toronto Home 4-3 TOR (OT)

Schedule
Notes

Here’s some key dates and stats to follow:

Longest road trip: 7 games (Dec. 19 – 31)
Longest homestand: 6 games (Oct. 15 – 26)
Busiest schedule: December – 17 games
Slowest full month schedule: November – 12 games (February’s is short due
to the upcoming Olympics).
Busiest day of the week on the schedule: Saturday – 24 games

Key dates:

Oct. 17: Alexei Kovalev visits the Bell Centre for the first time as
an Ottawa Senator.
Oct. 31: Mike Komisarek leads his Leafs into town for the first time.
Nov. 28: Not only is this the potential Olympic Stadium game, but also
the 5,900th game in team history.
Dec. 4: Official Canadiens ‘Centennial Game’
Mar. 7: Saku Koivu squares off against the Habs for the first time in his
career.