Below is a list of critical dates for the 2021 – 2022 NHL Season. Find out when the NHL trade deadline 2022 is, when does free agency start, when is the NHL Draft 2022?
2021
Sept. 28: 2021 preseason begins
Oct. 12: 2021-22 regular season begins
2022
Jan. 1: Winter Classic – Wild-Blues
Feb. 4-5: All-Star Weekend
*Feb. 7-22: Olympic break if NHL goes
Feb. 26: Stadium Series – Predators-Lightning
Mar. 21: NHL Trade Deadline
Apr. 29: Last regular-season game
May 2: First day of Stanley Cup Playoffs
June 30: Last possible day of Stanley Cup Playoffs
July 1: First buyout period opens
July 7-8: NHL Draft
July 12: First buyout period ends
July 13: Free agency opens