We already knew the Golden Knights would be kicking off their 2018-19 campaign against the Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota Wild, respectively, but now we know their entire regular season schedule. OCTOBER: Thu. Oct. 4 vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Sat. Oct. 6 at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Mon. Oct. 8 at Buffalo, 12 p.m. Wed. Oct. 10 at Washington, 5 p.m. Thu. Oct. 11 at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Sat. Oct. 13 at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Tue. Oct. 16 vs. Buffalo, 7 p.m. Sat. Oct. 20 vs. Anaheim, 7 p.m. Wed. Oct. 24 vs. Vancouver, 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 26 vs. Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Sun. Oct. 28 vs. Ottawa, 5 p.m. Tue. Oct. 30 at Nashville, 5 p.m. NOVEMBER: Thu. Nov. 1 at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Sat. Nov. 3 vs. Carolina, 7 p.m. Tue. Nov. 6 at Toronto, 4 p.m. Thu. Nov. 8 at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Sat. Nov. 10 at Montreal, 4 p.m. Sun. Nov. 11 at Boston, 4 p.m. Wed. Nov. 14 vs. Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Fri. Nov. 16 vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m. Sun. Nov. 18 at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Mon. Nov. 19 at Calgary, 6 p.m. Wed. Nov. 21 at Arizona, 6 p.m. Fri. Nov. 23 vs. Calgary, 3 p.m. Sat. Nov. 24 vs. San Jose, 7 p.m. Tue. Nov. 27 at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Thu. Nov. 29 at Vancouver, 7 p.m. DECEMBER: Sat. Dec. 1 at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Tue. Dec. 4 vs. Washington, 7 p.m. Thu. Dec. 6 vs. Chicago, 7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 8 at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Sun. Dec. 9 vs. Dallas, 6 p.m. Wed. Dec. 12 at NY Islanders, 4 p.m. Fri. Dec. 14 at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Sun. Dec. 16 at NY Rangers, 10 a.m. Mon. Dec. 17 at Columbus, 4 p.m. Thu. Dec. 20 vs. NY Islanders, 7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 22 vs. Montreal, 1 p.m. Sun. Dec. 23 vs. Los Angeles, 5 p.m. Thu. Dec. 27 vs. Colorado, 7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 29 at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Sun. Dec. 30 at Arizona, 5 p.m. JANUARY: Tue. Jan. 1 vs. Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Fri. Jan. 4 at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Sun. Jan. 6 vs. New Jersey, 1 p.m. Tue. Jan. 8 vs. NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Thu. Jan. 10 vs. San Jose, 7 p.m. Sat. Jan. 12 at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Tue. Jan. 15 at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Sat. Jan. 19 vs. Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Mon. Jan. 21 vs. Minnesota, 3 p.m. Wed. Jan. 23 vs. Nashville, 7 p.m. FEBRUARY: Fri. Feb. 1 at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 2 at Florida, 4 p.m. Tue. Feb. 5 at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Thu. Feb. 7 at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 9 vs. Columbus, 7 p.m. Tue. Feb. 12 vs. Arizona, 7 p.m. Thu. Feb. 14 vs. Toronto, 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 16 vs. Nashville, 7 p.m. Mon. Feb. 18 at Colorado, 6 p.m. Wed. Feb. 20 vs. Boston, 7 p.m. Fri. Feb. 22 vs. Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Tue. Feb. 26 vs. Dallas, 7 p.m. Thu. Feb. 28 vs. Florida, 7 p.m. MARCH: Fri. Mar. 1 at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Sun. Mar. 3 vs. Vancouver, 1 p.m. Wed. Mar. 6 vs. Calgary, 7:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 9 at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Sun. Mar. 10 at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Fri. Mar. 15 at Dallas, 5 p.m. Sun. Mar. 17 vs. Edmonton, 7 p.m. Mon. Mar. 18 at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Thu. Mar. 21 vs. Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Sat. Mar. 23 vs. Detroit, 7 p.m. Mon. Mar. 25 at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Wed. Mar. 27 at Colorado, 7 p.m. Fri. Mar. 29 vs. Minnesota, 7 p.m. Sat. Mar. 30 at San Jose, 6 p.m. APRIL: Mon. Apr. 1 vs. Edmonton, 7 p.m. Thu. Apr. 4 vs. Arizona, 7 p.m. Sat. Apr. 6 at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Following Vegas’ home opener against the Flyers, the Knights will then hit the road for a five-game road trip, beginning in Minnesota and ending in Philadelphia. The Knights will also be challenged with a grueling back-to-back against Washington and Pittsburgh on that road road trip. A few interesting things emerge after a quick read-through of the schedule: After the aforementioned road trip, the Knights come home to have their longest homestand of the year, a five-game stretch that sees Vegas take on a pair of Pacific Division clubs, as well as facing the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nevada Day. For those of you with lingering bad vibes towards the Capitals, your chances for revenge are at the early road game on Oct. 10 and Dec. 4 at home. The Knights play the Los Angeles Kings on New Year’s Day. Will Drew Doughty’s resolution be to break fewer sticks? Tune in to find out. Vegas has 13 back-to-backs, a jump from 10 the year before. Eight of these happen by the New Year. They spend the last week of January on a bye, perhaps reliving their Cabo trip from last year (minus Brendan Leipsic, naturally). Late February is kind to the Knights, as they play eight of nine games at home. Vegas plays just one team five times, and that’s the Los Angeles Kings (three home, two away). The Knights have six early-bird home games (as in, before 5 PM): 10/26 vs. TBL, 11/23 vs. CGY, 12/22 vs. MTL, 1/6 vs. NJD, 1/21 vs. MIN and 3/3 vs. VAN. The release of Vegas’ 2018-19 regular season schedule comes just days after the release of their preseason schedule, which you can view here.<doc-sep>Only about three months before you can see the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena again! The Golden Knights released their preseason schedule, including the first game on Sunday, Sept. 16, against the Arizona Coyotes at 5 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena. The remainder of the preseason schedule is as follows: Tuesday, Sept. 18: Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche (Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, 6 p.m. PT) Thursday, Sept. 20: Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings (Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA, 7:30 p.m. PT) Saturday, Sept. 22: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks (SAP Center, San Jose, CA, 7 p.m. PT) Monday, Sept. 24: Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado Avalanche (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, 7 p.m. PT) Friday, Sept. 28: Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles Kings (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, 7 p.m. PT) Sunday, Sept. 30: Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose Sharks (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, 5 p.m. PT) The Golden Knights also announced information about the team's rookie and training camp. On Thursday, Sept. 6, rookie camp opens with medicals and fitness testing. Friday, Sept. 7, is the first day of rookie on-ice practice. The main camp opens on Thursday, Sept. 13, with medicals and fitness testing while the first day of on-ice practice for all is Friday, Sept. 14. The full rookie camp rosters, training camp rosters, practice times and locations will be announced at a later date.<doc-sep>The Vegas Golden Knights home opener will be Thursday, Oct. 4, against the Philadelphia Flyers. The game will start at 7 p.m. at T-Mobile Arena. RELATED: Vegas Golden Knights release 2018-19 preseason schedule The Golden Knights went 1-1 against the Flyers during the 2017-18 season. Vegas dropped its first meeting, losing 4-1, at T-Mobile Arena on Feb. 11, but defeated Philadelphia, by a score of 3-2, on March 12 at the Wells Fargo Center. The full 2018-19 schedule will be released by the NHL on Thursday, June 21 around 2:30 p.m. Fans interested in learning more about the Golden Knights, or ticket options, should visit the team website or call 702-645-4259.<doc-sep>
The Golden Knights will play five of their first six games on the road, the NHL announced Thursday as the 2018-19 schedule was released. Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) blocks a shot from Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov, not pictured, in front of defenseman Deryk Engelland (5) during the second period of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto The Golden Knights will play five of their first six games on the road, as the NHL released the 2018-19 schedule on Thursday. The Knights are at Washington on Oct. 10 in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final and face Pittsburgh the following night during a season-long five-game road trip that features four clubs that qualified for the playoffs. The NHL previously announced the Knights open the season at home Oct. 4 against Philadelphia and play at Minnesota on Oct. 6 in the Wild’s home opener. Following the early road trip, the Knights have a five-game homestand from Oct. 16 to Oct. 28, their longest of the season. They had two seven-game homestands during their inaugural season. Los Angeles is scheduled five times, including a New Year’s Day encounter at T-Mobile Arena. The budding rivals play three times between Dec. 8 and 29 and also square off April 6 at Staples Center to end the regular season. The Knights swept Los Angeles in the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. They also play four games against Pacific Division foes Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary, Edmonton, San Jose and Vancouver. They have three games against each of the Central Division clubs and meet each of the Eastern Conference teams at home and on the road. The schedule features 13 back-to-backs, including seven on the road. The Knights have three back-to-backs in November and play five games in seven days from Nov. 18 to 24 around Thanksgiving. The team’s bye week is the final week of January. After hosting Nashville on Jan. 23, the Knights are off for the All-Star Game (Jan. 25 to 26) and don’t play again until Feb. 1 at Carolina. The Knights close the regular season with four straight games against division foes. Among the other schedule highlights, Washington returns to T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 4, while the New York Islanders and their new Stanley Cup-winning coach Barry Trotz visit the Knights on Dec. 20. Chicago makes its lone visit to Vegas on Dec. 6 and Montreal travels to Vegas on Dec. 22. New Jersey and league MVP Taylor Hall come to town Jan. 6 for a Sunday matinee and the Knights host the New York Rangers two nights later. Other notable home games include: Toronto (Feb. 14), Pittsburgh (Jan. 19), Boston (Feb. 20) and Detroit (March 23). More Golden Knights: Follow all of our Golden Knights coverage online at reviewjournal.com/GoldenKnights and @HockeyinVegas on Twitter. Contact David Schoen at dschoen@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5203. Follow @DavidSchoenLVRJ on Twitter.