NLL unveils 2026-27 schedule, opens Nov 27
NXTbets Pro | Published On: September 22, 2026
NLL regular season
The National Lacrosse League has set its 2026-27 regular season for a 108-game run that opens Friday, Nov. 27 and ends Sunday, April 25. The league’s 12 teams will each play 18 games across 22 weeks, giving the schedule a compact shape from late November into late April. All game times are listed in Eastern Time, which gives every matchup the same clock across the slate. Saskatchewan will visit Oshawa in the season opener, putting the first game of the schedule on opening night and giving the league an immediate start to its new season.
The structure gives the NLL a straightforward cadence, moving from the opening Friday game into the first weekend before carrying the league through winter and spring. The compact format gives the schedule a clear shape from its first date to its final weekend.
NLL opening weekend
The first full Saturday of the season brings three more games. Georgia will visit Buffalo, Halifax will visit Rochester and San Diego will visit Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 28. Those matchups follow the opener at Oshawa and give the league a quick jump from one game on Friday to a full Saturday slate. The opening weekend will cover four games in two days, all listed in Eastern Time, and it will move the schedule from the first faceoff of the year into a broader set of matchups across the league.
That early stretch gives the NLL a clean start to the season. The schedule moves from the opener into a three-game Saturday card, creating an immediate flow from the first faceoff into the broader slate. The opening weekend offers a simple, unified start to the league’s first action.
NLL season finale
The final week of the regular season is set for April 24-25, and the schedule will close with Vancouver visiting San Diego on Sunday, April 25. That finish gives the league a clear end point after a 22-week regular season that begins in late November and runs through the spring. The final weekend also keeps the regular season compressed at the end, with the last two days of the schedule packed into April 24-25 before the league moves beyond the regular season.
Vancouver at San Diego gives the NLL a final game that matches the schedule’s simple structure. Between the opening night and that closing matchup, the league will work through its winter and spring slate before arriving at its last regular-season game.
