The Ultimate Guide to Montreal Canadiens Road Trips and Home Weekends for 2026-27

Few fan bases in professional sports travel like Montreal Canadiens supporters. Whether it's a Saturday-night rivalry game at Bell Centre against the Toronto Maple Leafs, an Original Six visit from the Boston Bruins or Detroit Red Wings, or a road trip to Vegas, South Florida, or the West Coast Swing across the Canadian Rockies, the Habs travel scene is one of the most enthusiastic in hockey. This ultimate guide covers every home and away game worth planning around for the 2026-27 season, with dates, opponents, rivalry angles, and Elite Sports Tours package recommendations for each trip.

The guide is broken into two sections. The first covers the best Montreal Canadiens home games at Bell Centre in Montreal, from the Carolina Hurricanes home opener on October 6 through the three separate Two-Games-One-Weekend clusters featuring Panthers-Senators, Capitals-Rangers, and Devils-Red Wings. The second covers the best Montreal Canadiens road trips across the NHL, including the NHL Heritage Classic outdoor game against the Winnipeg Jets, the Battle of Ontario visits to Toronto and Ottawa, the Vegas Golden Knights weekend, and the three multi-city trip clusters (West Coast Swing, California Road Trip, Florida Road Trip). Every game listed in this guide is available as a bundled ticket, hotel, and flight package through Elite Sports Tours.

Whether you're a lifelong Habs supporter following the team city to city, a Montreal-area fan planning the best home weekends of the season, or a hockey traveler looking to combine a Bell Centre game with a great weekend in Montreal, this is the definitive planning resource. Book early on the marquee weekends (the Two-Games-One-Weekend clusters, the Toronto rivalry games, and the NHL Heritage Classic in particular) because these are the highest-demand tickets on the entire Habs calendar.

Why Following the Montreal Canadiens Is One of Hockey's Great Fan Experiences

The Montreal Canadiens are the most historically successful franchise in NHL history, with 24 Stanley Cup championships (nine more than any other team) and a continuous existence dating to 1909 that predates the NHL itself. The Habs have produced Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Patrick Roy, and Ken Dryden. The current roster is anchored by captain Nick Suzuki, sniper Cole Caufield, and 2022 first-overall pick Juraj Slafkovsky, plus the emerging defensive core of Lane Hutson, Kaiden Guhle, and Mike Matheson. The 2026-27 season carries as much fan interest as any Canadiens campaign in the last decade, with the young core entering its prime and the club pushing toward Atlantic Division contention.

Bell Centre in downtown Montreal (formerly the Molson Centre when it opened in 1996, and the modern successor to the historic Montreal Forum where the Canadiens won their first 22 Stanley Cups) seats 21,105 for hockey, making it the largest capacity NHL venue by regular-season seating. The building sits at 1909 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal in downtown Montreal, directly adjacent to Windsor Station and a 5-minute walk from every major downtown hotel. Bell Centre atmosphere on a Saturday night against Toronto or Boston is one of the great experiences in North American professional sports, with a bilingual crowd, the pre-game Canadiens anthem tradition, and the ceremonial hat-trick towel wave.

The Habs travel base is one of the most passionate in the NHL. Canadiens fan clubs exist in every North American city with a significant Quebec or Francophone community, and Habs jerseys fill the visiting sections at every away game across the league. Whether you're following the club to Toronto, Boston, Pittsburgh, or the West Coast, you'll find yourself sitting among a strong contingent of fellow Habs supporters. The NHL Heritage Classic outdoor game on October 25 against the Winnipeg Jets is expected to draw one of the largest Canadiens road contingents of the entire season.

Top Montreal Canadiens Home Games at Bell Centre for 2026-27

The 2026-27 Canadiens Bell Centre home games schedule features 17 marquee weekends worth planning a trip around, headlined by three separate Two-Games-One-Weekend clusters that let visitors catch two Habs games in a single weekend without leaving Montreal. The home schedule opens with the Carolina Hurricanes home opener on October 6, runs through Halloween weekend against Pittsburgh, includes the historic Boston Bruins Original Six visit on January 6, and closes the regular season with Devils-Red Wings on March 27-28. Every home game listed below is available as a ticket, downtown Montreal hotel, and package through Elite Sports Tours.

October 6, 2026 - Home Opener vs Carolina Hurricanes

The 2026-27 Canadiens home schedule opens on Tuesday, October 6 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Home openers at Bell Centre are one of the great annual traditions in professional hockey, with a pre-game ceremony that typically includes banner recognition, a video montage of the previous season, roster introductions, and the ceremonial puck drop with a Habs alumni figure. The atmosphere is electric from the opening moment, and the game itself pits Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield against a Hurricanes roster that has become one of the Metropolitan Division's most consistent playoff contenders.

Book the Canadiens Home Opener package with three nights in a downtown Montreal hotel and pre-game hospitality options. Book your Habs Home Opener Package.

October 10, 2026 - Detroit Red Wings (Original Six Saturday Night)

Saturday, October 10 brings the Detroit Red Wings to Bell Centre for an Original Six matchup, one of the classic rivalries in NHL history dating to the 1926 founding of the Red Wings and the 1909 founding of the Canadiens. The Saturday-night format on Hockey Night in Canada makes this one of the marquee national broadcasts of the early season. Detroit fan travel to Montreal is substantial, with a strong contingent of Red Wings supporters typically filling the visiting sections behind the goal, and the historic Original Six atmosphere at Bell Centre is one of the great weekend hockey experiences in Canada.

October 17, 2026 - Buffalo Sabres

Saturday, October 17 brings the Buffalo Sabres to Bell Centre for a Sabres-Habs Atlantic Division rivalry night. Buffalo travels well to Montreal for the short 6-hour drive from Western New York, and the Saturday-night format works particularly well as a two-night weekend trip built around the game and a full Sunday exploring Old Montreal and Mount Royal Park.

October 31, 2026 - Pittsburgh Penguins (Halloween Saturday Night)

Halloween Saturday night at Bell Centre brings the Pittsburgh Penguins to Montreal for a Habs-Penguins Metropolitan Division crossover. Sidney Crosby has played some of his greatest career games at Bell Centre, and every Penguins visit produces one of the higher-demand tickets on the Canadiens home schedule. The Halloween-weekend format adds a costume-and-nightlife dimension to the trip, with Crescent Street and Boulevard Saint-Laurent both running major Halloween events on the Saturday night after the game.

November 3, 2026 - Winnipeg Jets

Tuesday, November 3 brings the Winnipeg Jets to Bell Centre for a Canadian-team matchup, an all-Canadian regular-season game that always carries additional interest. This is the return leg of the October 25 NHL Heritage Classic outdoor meeting between the two clubs, and the Bell Centre rematch typically produces heightened intensity from both rosters.

November 14, 2026 - Colorado Avalanche

Saturday, November 14 brings the Colorado Avalanche to Bell Centre for one of the marquee Western Conference visits of the entire home schedule. Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and the Avalanche have become one of the top three or four rosters in the NHL over the last five seasons, and every Avalanche away visit to any Eastern Conference arena draws heightened demand. The Saturday-night Hockey Night in Canada format amplifies the visibility.

November 21, 2026 - Philadelphia Flyers

Saturday, November 21 brings the Philadelphia Flyers to Bell Centre for a Habs-Flyers Metropolitan Division crossover. The Flyers-Habs rivalry dates to the 1970s Broad Street Bullies era with multiple playoff series between the two franchises, and the Saturday-night format at Bell Centre works well as a full weekend trip.

December 5-6, 2026 - Two Games, One Weekend: Florida Panthers + Ottawa Senators

The first Two-Games-One-Weekend cluster on the 2026-27 Bell Centre schedule and one of the marquee tickets of the entire home calendar. On Saturday, December 5, the Florida Panthers travel to Bell Centre for a Saturday-night showdown against the Canadiens. On Sunday, December 6, the Ottawa Senators travel to Bell Centre for a Sunday-afternoon Battle of Quebec matinee. Two Habs home games in two calendar days, both at Bell Centre, without needing to change hotels or venues.

The Panthers-Canadiens Saturday-night matchup is one of the highest-demand tickets of the fall Bell Centre schedule. Florida won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2024 and 2025 (defeating the Edmonton Oilers in both Finals, with Sam Bennett winning the 2025 Conn Smythe Trophy), and every defending champion visit to any NHL arena carries heightened demand. Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, and the Panthers roster produce one of the most physical and skilled visits of any night at Bell Centre.

The Senators-Canadiens Sunday-afternoon matinee is the Battle of Quebec (the historic Ontario-vs-Quebec rivalry that carries even more weight because Ottawa and Montreal are only 2 hours apart and Sens fans travel by the busload for every Bell Centre visit). Sunday matinee format opens the weekend for a full Friday-through-Monday-morning trip with Saturday night at the Panthers game, Sunday afternoon at the Senators game, and Saturday-morning and Sunday-morning windows for Old Montreal, Mount Royal, and Schwartz's smoked meat visits.

Book the Two-Games-One-Weekend Habs Panthers-Senators package with four nights in a downtown Montreal hotel Friday through Monday morning. This is one of the highest-demand Bell Centre weekends of the entire 2026-27 season. Book your Panthers-Senators Weekend Package.

December 14, 2026 - Edmonton Oilers (Connor McDavid Visit)

Monday, December 14 brings the Edmonton Oilers to Bell Centre for one of the marquee visits of the entire 2026-27 home schedule. Connor McDavid is widely considered the best hockey player in the world, and every Oilers away visit sells out weeks in advance. McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and the Oilers roster reached back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals in 2024 and 2025 (losing both to Florida), and the Bell Centre crowd always turns out to see the best offensive player in hockey.

December 26, 2026 - Toronto Maple Leafs (Boxing Day)

Saturday, December 26 is Boxing Day in Canada, and Boxing Day brings the Toronto Maple Leafs to Bell Centre for the Habs-Leafs rivalry, the most historic matchup in Canadian professional sports. Every Habs-Leafs game at Bell Centre is a sellout, and the Boxing Day date makes this game the highest-demand ticket of the entire fall and winter Bell Centre schedule. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, and the Leafs travel with one of the largest visiting-fan contingents at any Bell Centre game, and the atmosphere on a Habs-Leafs Boxing Day Saturday night is one of the great experiences in North American sports.

Book the Habs-Leafs Boxing Day package with three nights in a downtown Montreal hotel across the December 26 holiday weekend. This is one of the highest-demand Bell Centre tickets of the entire 2026-27 season; book four to five months in advance. Book your Habs-Leafs Boxing Day Package.

January 6, 2027 - Boston Bruins (Original Six Rivalry)

Wednesday, January 6 brings the Boston Bruins to Bell Centre for the historic Original Six rivalry, one of the great hockey matchups on the entire NHL calendar. The Habs-Bruins rivalry dates to 1924 and has produced 34 playoff series between the two franchises (more than any other rivalry in NHL history). David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand, and the Bruins roster travel with a strong Boston contingent, and the mid-week format makes for a shorter but intense trip focused on the game itself.

January 9, 2027 - Pittsburgh Penguins

Saturday, January 9 brings the Penguins back to Bell Centre for the second visit of the season. Book this as a full Saturday-night trip with three nights downtown.

January 23, 2027 - Calgary Flames (Canadian Rivalry)

Saturday, January 23 brings the Calgary Flames to Bell Centre for a Canadian-team matchup, the return leg of the Habs West Coast Swing visit to Calgary on January 28. The Saturday-night Hockey Night in Canada format works well for a weekend trip.

February 13-14, 2027 - Two Games, One Weekend: Washington Capitals + New York Rangers

The second Two-Games-One-Weekend cluster on the Bell Centre home schedule and the marquee mid-season Metropolitan Division weekend. On Saturday, February 13, the Washington Capitals travel to Bell Centre for a Saturday-night visit featuring Alex Ovechkin, who passed Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal-scoring record in April 2025 and continues to add to his career total. On Sunday, February 14 (Valentine's Day), the New York Rangers travel to Bell Centre for a Sunday-afternoon Original Six matinee.

The Ovechkin-Habs Saturday-night matchup is one of the marquee tickets of the entire 2026-27 Bell Centre schedule. Every Capitals road visit now carries additional demand because of Ovechkin's continued pursuit of career milestones (currently over 900 career goals and continuing to add to the all-time record), and the Bell Centre crowd always turns out to see one of the great goal-scorers in NHL history. The Saturday-night format on Hockey Night in Canada amplifies the national visibility.

The Rangers-Habs Sunday-afternoon Valentine's Day matinee is the historic Original Six matchup between two of the founding NHL franchises. New York travels with a strong Rangers contingent, and the Sunday-afternoon matinee opens Sunday evening for a downtown Montreal Valentine's Day dinner at Toque, Vin Papillon, or one of the historic Old Montreal restaurants. Two Habs home games in two calendar days at Bell Centre.

Book the Two-Games-One-Weekend Habs Capitals-Rangers Valentine's Day package with four nights in a downtown Montreal hotel Friday through Monday morning. Book your Capitals-Rangers Valentine's Weekend Package.

March 6, 2027 - Vancouver Canucks

Saturday, March 6 brings the Vancouver Canucks to Bell Centre for a Canadian-team Saturday-night matchup. Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, and the Canucks travel across the country to Montreal for one of the marquee Western Conference visits of the late-season Bell Centre calendar.

March 22, 2027 - Toronto Maple Leafs (Late-Season Habs-Leafs)

Monday, March 22 brings the Toronto Maple Leafs back to Bell Centre for the second Habs-Leafs meeting of the season. Late-season Habs-Leafs games typically carry heavy playoff-seeding weight in the Atlantic Division standings, and the March 22 date puts this game in a window where every point matters for both clubs.

March 27-28, 2027 - Two Games, One Weekend: New Jersey Devils + Detroit Red Wings

The third and final Two-Games-One-Weekend cluster on the 2026-27 Bell Centre schedule and one of the marquee late-season trip options. On Saturday, March 27, the New Jersey Devils travel to Bell Centre for a Saturday-night Metropolitan Division crossover. On Sunday, March 28, the Detroit Red Wings travel to Bell Centre for a Sunday-afternoon Original Six matinee.

Devils-Habs on Saturday features Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, and the New Jersey roster in a matchup that carries potential playoff-race weight in the March window. Red Wings-Habs on Sunday is a rematch of the October 10 Original Six meeting and typically carries additional intensity in the second meeting of the season. Two Habs home games at Bell Centre in a single weekend, both against strong Eastern Conference opponents, in the final push toward the 2026-27 playoff race.

Book the Two-Games-One-Weekend Habs Devils-Red Wings package with four nights in a downtown Montreal hotel. Book your Devils-Red Wings Weekend Package.

Top Montreal Canadiens Road Trips for 2026-27

The 2026-27 Montreal Canadiens away games schedule features nine standout individual road games plus three multi-city trip clusters (the West Coast Swing, the California Road Trip, and the Florida Road Trip) that let Habs fans follow the team through the winter months across some of the great destination cities in North America. Highlights include the Tuesday, September 29 season opener at Toronto (Habs-Leafs on the Leafs home opener night), the NHL Heritage Classic outdoor game against Winnipeg on October 25, the November 28 trip to Las Vegas, and the January 28 through February 3 West Coast Swing across Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Seattle. Every road trip listed below is available as a bundled ticket, hotel, and flight package through Elite Sports Tours.

September 29, 2026 - at Toronto Maple Leafs (Season Opener, Leafs Home Opener)

The 2026-27 Canadiens season opens on Tuesday, September 29 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto for the Leafs home opener, an ideal first road trip of the year for Habs fans. The Habs-Leafs rivalry is the most historic matchup in Canadian professional sports, and the season-opening home opener format at Scotiabank Arena produces one of the loudest home crowds of the entire NHL season. The Habs traveling contingent typically fills 15 to 20 percent of the seats, and the atmosphere is one of the great away hockey experiences in Canada.

Book the Habs at Leafs Season Opener package with two nights in a downtown Toronto hotel. Scotiabank Arena is walkable from most downtown Toronto hotels, and the 5-hour drive or 1-hour Porter Airlines flight from Montreal makes this one of the easiest away trips of the year. Book your Habs at Leafs Season Opener Package.

October 3, 2026 - at Pittsburgh Penguins (Penguins Home Opener)

Saturday, October 3 sends the Canadiens south to Pittsburgh for the Penguins home opener at PPG Paints Arena. Every Penguins home opener features Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang (the historic Penguins core that produced Stanley Cups in 2009, 2016, and 2017), and the Saturday-night format produces one of the loudest home crowds at PPG Paints Arena. Habs fans travel well to Pittsburgh, and the 8-hour drive or 2-hour flight from Montreal makes for a manageable weekend trip.

Book the Habs at Penguins Home Opener package with two or three nights in a downtown Pittsburgh hotel. PPG Paints Arena sits in the Uptown neighborhood, walkable from downtown Pittsburgh via the Sixth Street Bridge across the Allegheny River. Book your Habs at Penguins Package.

October 25, 2026 - NHL Heritage Classic vs Winnipeg Jets (Outdoor Marquee)

The single most anticipated road trip of the entire 2026-27 Canadiens away schedule and one of the marquee events on the entire NHL calendar. The NHL Heritage Classic outdoor game against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, October 25 pits the Canadiens against the Jets in a Canadian outdoor stadium setting, one of the crown-jewel NHL scheduling events of the season. Heritage Classic games attract enormous fan travel from both clubs, and Habs supporters are expected to travel to the game in large numbers.

The NHL Heritage Classic format typically includes a Winter Classic-style pre-game show, alumni exhibition games in the days leading up to the main event, and Canadian hockey history programming throughout the weekend. The atmosphere is unlike any regular-season NHL game, with the outdoor setting, the cold-weather element, and the national television broadcast on Sportsnet turning the event into a full weekend celebration of Canadian hockey heritage.

Book the Habs Heritage Classic package with three to four nights of hotel plus round-trip flights, ticket, and pre-arranged transportation to the outdoor venue. This is one of the highest-demand tickets on the entire 2026-27 NHL calendar; book five to six months in advance and expect ticket prices well above regular-season levels. Book your NHL Heritage Classic Package.

November 7, 2026 - at Toronto Maple Leafs

Saturday, November 7 sends the Canadiens back to Toronto for the second Habs-Leafs matchup of the season. The Saturday-night Hockey Night in Canada format at Scotiabank Arena is one of the marquee national broadcasts of the fall, and the November date typically features both rosters at close-to-full health. Habs fans travel to Toronto in enormous numbers, and the visiting-fan atmosphere at every Scotiabank Arena Habs-Leafs game is one of the great away experiences on the calendar.

Book the Habs at Leafs November package with two nights in a downtown Toronto hotel. Book your Habs at Leafs November Package.

November 12, 2026 - at Boston Bruins (Original Six at TD Garden)

Thursday, November 12 sends the Canadiens south to Boston for the Original Six visit to TD Garden, the modern home of the Bruins in the West End neighborhood adjacent to North Station. The Habs-Bruins rivalry at TD Garden is one of the great hockey experiences in the United States, with the Boston-area Habs contingent turning out in force for every visit. David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy, and the Bruins roster travel with heavy home-crowd support, but the Habs visiting section is always one of the loudest in the building.

Book the Habs at Bruins package with two nights in a downtown Boston hotel walking distance from TD Garden. Boston is a 5-hour drive from Montreal and works particularly well as a Thursday-through-Saturday-morning trip. Book your Habs at Bruins Package.

November 28, 2026 - at Vegas Golden Knights (Vegas Trip)

Saturday, November 28 sends the Canadiens to Las Vegas for a marquee weekend trip built around the game at T-Mobile Arena on the Strip. Vegas is one of the most popular away destinations for Habs fans because of the combined hockey-and-Vegas format, with T-Mobile Arena sitting directly behind the New York-New York and MGM Grand casinos and every major Strip hotel within a 10-minute walk of the arena. The Golden Knights won the 2023 Stanley Cup and continue to be one of the Western Conference contenders.

Book the Habs at Vegas Golden Knights weekend package with three or four nights on the Strip. This is one of the most popular Habs road trips of the entire year; book three to four months in advance for the best Strip hotel selection. Book your Habs Vegas Weekend Package.

January 2, 2027 - at Florida Panthers (Winter Escape)

Saturday, January 2 sends the Canadiens to South Florida for a winter-escape road trip to Fort Lauderdale-area Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, home of the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. The New Year's-weekend format works particularly well as a warm-weather escape from Montreal January weather (average game-day temperatures in Sunrise in the low 70s Fahrenheit even in January), and Fort Lauderdale is only 20 minutes east of the arena with beaches, restaurants, and hotels.

Book the Habs at Panthers Fort Lauderdale package with four nights of hotel plus round-trip flights. Fort Lauderdale beach hotels or the Sawgrass Mills area near the arena both work as bases. Book your Habs at Panthers Package.

January 14, 2027 - at Nashville Predators

Thursday, January 14 sends the Canadiens south to Nashville for a road trip to Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. The Predators home venue sits directly on Lower Broadway in the honky-tonk district, and the Habs at Preds format works particularly well as a Nashville weekend combining the hockey game with live music on Broadway and a Sunday morning at the Ryman Auditorium or Country Music Hall of Fame.

Book the Habs at Predators Nashville package with three nights in a downtown Nashville hotel walkable to Bridgestone Arena and the Lower Broadway strip. Book your Habs at Predators Nashville Package.

March 13, 2027 - at Ottawa Senators (Battle of Quebec)

Saturday, March 13 sends the Canadiens west along Highway 417 to Ottawa for the second Battle of Quebec meeting of the season. Ottawa is only a 2-hour drive from Montreal, making this one of the easiest away trips of the year, and Habs fans typically fill 30 to 40 percent of the Canadian Tire Centre seats at every Ottawa visit. The March date typically carries heavy playoff-seeding weight in the Atlantic Division.

Book the Habs at Senators Battle of Quebec package with one or two nights in downtown Ottawa or the Kanata Centrum area near the arena. Book your Habs at Senators Package.

West Coast Swing: January 28 - February 3, 2027 (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Seattle)

The marquee multi-city Habs road trip of the entire 2026-27 season and one of the great Canadian hockey travel experiences. Four cities in seven days across the Canadian Rockies and Pacific Northwest, following the Canadiens from Calgary to Edmonton to Vancouver to Seattle. This is the ultimate Habs road-trip package for fans who want to see the club play four consecutive away games in four different NHL venues.

• Thursday, January 28, 2027 - at Calgary Flames - Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta
• Saturday, January 30, 2027 - at Edmonton Oilers - Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta (Connor McDavid visit)
• Monday, February 1, 2027 - at Vancouver Canucks - Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Wednesday, February 3, 2027 - at Seattle Kraken - Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington

The Calgary Flames leg opens the swing at the historic Scotiabank Saddledome (the 1983 Winter Olympics venue, one of the last-remaining old-school NHL arenas before the Flames move to the new Scotia Place development). Calgary is a 4-hour flight from Montreal via Air Canada or WestJet, and downtown Calgary hotels sit walking distance from the Saddledome and the Stampede Park grounds.

Edmonton on Saturday brings the Canadiens to Rogers Place in the ICE District, the modern arena that opened in 2016 as the anchor of downtown Edmonton's revitalization. Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and the Oilers roster produce one of the most electric home atmospheres in the NHL, and the McDavid-vs-Suzuki matchup on Hockey Night in Canada is one of the marquee national broadcasts of the winter.

Vancouver on Monday brings the Canadiens to Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver on the edge of False Creek, walkable to the Yaletown restaurants, Robson Street shopping, and the Vancouver Waterfront. Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, and the Canucks host at one of the best-located NHL arenas in North America, and the mid-winter Vancouver visit is a welcome break from Alberta cold with mid-40s Fahrenheit temperatures.

Seattle on Wednesday closes the swing at Climate Pledge Arena (the world's first certified net-zero-carbon arena, opened in October 2021 as a renovation of the historic 1962 World's Fair Coliseum). The Kraken have quickly established one of the fastest-growing fan bases in the NHL, and the Habs at Kraken visit closes the West Coast Swing at one of the great new venues on the NHL road-trip circuit.

Book the full West Coast Swing package with seven nights of hotel across four cities, round-trip flights, in-market ground transportation, and tickets to all four games. This is the definitive Habs road-trip experience of the entire season, typically sold out four to five months in advance. Book your Habs West Coast Swing Package.

California Road Trip: February 24 - March 1, 2027 (Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Jose)

The second multi-city road trip of the 2026-27 season and one of the great warm-weather escape options for Habs fans in the middle of the Quebec winter. Three California cities in six days, following the Canadiens from Los Angeles to Anaheim to San Jose.

• Wednesday, February 24, 2027 - at Los Angeles Kings - Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles
• Saturday, February 27, 2027 - at Anaheim Ducks - Honda Center, Anaheim (adjacent to Disneyland)
• Monday, March 1, 2027 - at San Jose Sharks - SAP Center, San Jose

The Los Angeles leg opens at Crypto.com Arena in Downtown LA, walkable to LA Live, the JW Marriott, and Fig at 7th. Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, and the Kings roster host in one of the storied NHL venues (the 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup banner walls hang above the ice). LA is a 5.5-hour direct flight from Montreal, and downtown LA hotels put fans within walking distance of the arena plus rideshare access to Santa Monica, Hollywood, and Griffith Observatory.

Anaheim on Saturday brings the Canadiens to Honda Center directly next to Disneyland, one of the ideal family-trip Habs road-trip destinations. The Ducks roster produces one of the more affordable NHL ticket experiences, and combining the Anaheim game with a Sunday at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure works particularly well as a family package.

San Jose on Monday closes the swing at SAP Center in downtown San Jose. The Sharks home venue nicknamed "The Shark Tank" produces one of the more unique NHL arena entrances (the giant Shark head that players skate through), and the Bay Area works particularly well as a two- or three-day extension to include San Francisco day trips to Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, or Muir Woods.

Book the full California Road Trip package with six nights of hotel across three cities, round-trip flights, in-market ground transportation, and tickets to all three games. Book your Habs California Road Trip Package.

Florida Road Trip: April 6-8, 2027 (Panthers + Lightning)

The season-closing multi-city road trip and the marquee end-of-season Habs travel option. Two Florida games in three days, following the Canadiens from the Panthers arena in Sunrise to the Lightning arena in downtown Tampa.

• Tuesday, April 6, 2027 - at Florida Panthers - Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise (Fort Lauderdale area)
• Thursday, April 8, 2027 - at Tampa Bay Lightning - Benchmark International Arena, downtown Tampa (renamed from Amalie Arena in August 2025)

The Panthers leg in Sunrise brings the Canadiens back to South Florida for the second visit of the season, this time in the late-season window with heavy playoff-seeding weight. Amerant Bank Arena sits in Sunrise, 20 minutes west of Fort Lauderdale beach and 40 minutes north of Miami.

The Lightning leg on Thursday brings the Habs to Benchmark International Arena in downtown Tampa's Water Street district (the arena was renamed from Amalie Arena in August 2025 after Vinik Sports Group signed a multi-year naming rights partnership with Tampa-based Benchmark International). The Lightning have won three Stanley Cups (2004, 2020, 2021 including back-to-back), and the Tampa visit closes the road trip at one of the marquee NHL venues in the Southeast.

Book the full Florida Road Trip package with four or five nights of hotel across both cities, round-trip flights, in-market ground transportation, and tickets to both games. This is a great season-closing warm-weather escape for Habs fans looking to close out the winter with a Florida trip. Book your Habs Florida Road Trip Package.

Where to Stay in Montreal for Bell Centre Games

Downtown Montreal is the natural base for every Bell Centre trip. The downtown hotel cluster (from Rene-Levesque Boulevard north to Sherbrooke Street and from Peel Street east to Saint-Denis) puts visitors within a 5 to 15-minute walk of Bell Centre and within walking distance of Old Montreal, the Underground City (RESO), Sainte-Catherine Street shopping, and the Mount Royal Park lower slopes.

Our recommended Bell Centre hotels for a Habs weekend include the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth (the 1958 historic property directly adjacent to Central Station and where John Lennon recorded Give Peace a Chance in 1969), the Ritz-Carlton Montreal (the 1912 Sherbrooke Street historic luxury flagship, recently renovated), Hotel Le Crystal (the Sherbrooke boutique property), the Marriott Chateau Champlain (directly across from Bell Centre), the Hilton Garden Inn Montreal Centre-Ville, the DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal (the anchor Rene-Levesque property), the InterContinental Montreal (Old Montreal edge), Hotel Bonaventure Montreal, the Kimpton Vogue Hotel (Sherbrooke boutique), and the William Gray Hotel (Old Montreal). For fans on a value budget, the Novotel Montreal Centre, the ALT Hotel Montreal, and the Auberge Bonaparte in Old Montreal all offer more reasonable rates within walking distance of Bell Centre.

Old Montreal (the historic Old Port neighborhood along the St. Lawrence River waterfront) is a great alternate base for fans who want the historic cobblestone-street atmosphere over the modern downtown high-rise setting. Old Montreal is a 10 to 15-minute walk or short Metro ride to Bell Centre, and the neighborhood offers the historic Notre-Dame Basilica, the Old Port waterfront, and dozens of top restaurants including Toque, Vin Papillon, and Joe Beef.

What to Do in Montreal Between Habs Games

Montreal is one of the great North American food, culture, and history cities, and a Bell Centre trip is at its best when combined with a full weekend exploring the city. Our team's recommendations for what to do in Montreal between Habs games:

Old Montreal and the Old Port. The historic 17th-century French colonial neighborhood along the St. Lawrence River waterfront preserves cobblestone streets, the 1829 Notre-Dame Basilica (with the stunning blue-and-gold interior, one of the great cathedral experiences in North America), the Bonsecours Market, and the Old Port waterfront promenade. A Saturday-morning walking loop of Old Montreal pairs particularly well with a Saturday-night Habs game at Bell Centre.

Mount Royal Park and the Kondiaronk Belvedere. The 494-acre Mount Royal Park (designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the same architect responsible for Central Park in New York) sits directly north of downtown and offers the classic Montreal skyline photograph from the Kondiaronk Belvedere lookout. A morning walk or run up Mount Royal is one of the definitive Montreal experiences, particularly in the fall foliage window of October or the winter snow-cover window of December through February.

Schwartz's Deli and the Montreal smoked-meat scene. Schwartz's Deli (established 1928 at 3895 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, the definitive Montreal smoked-meat institution) serves the city's signature dish, a hand-cut smoked-brisket sandwich on rye bread with yellow mustard. The lines outside Schwartz's are legendary but move quickly, and the smoked meat is worth the wait. Alternate smoked-meat stops include Main Deli directly across the street from Schwartz's and Lester's Deli in Outremont.

Poutine and Montreal comfort food. Poutine (the Quebec-invented dish of French fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy) is available at hundreds of Montreal restaurants and diners, but the definitive stops include La Banquise (open 24 hours at 994 Rachel East, over 30 varieties of poutine), Ma Poule Mouillee (the Portuguese chicken poutine at 969 Rachel East), and Poutineville (multiple locations). A late-night post-Habs-game poutine stop is one of the definitive Montreal traditions.

The Plateau and Mile End neighborhoods. The Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood (the trendy French-and-hipster residential district north of Sherbrooke and east of Saint-Laurent) offers Rue Saint-Denis restaurants, Rue Duluth pedestrian-friendly bistros, and the historic Bagel Etc. and St-Viateur Bagel shops (the Montreal bagel is a distinctive style, boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fired oven, worth trying at least once on any trip). Mile End (further north, historically the Hasidic Jewish and Portuguese neighborhood) is home to St-Viateur Bagel and Fairmount Bagel, the two competing bagel institutions.

The Underground City (RESO). The 20-mile Underground City network connects Bell Centre, downtown hotels, Central Station, Sainte-Catherine Street shopping, and the Metro system through a heated indoor pedestrian network, particularly valuable in December, January, and February when Montreal outdoor temperatures drop below freezing. Fans can walk from most downtown hotels to Bell Centre entirely through the Underground City without going outside in cold weather.

The Montreal fine-dining scene. Toque (the Normand Laprise flagship at 900 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, one of the great Canadian restaurant experiences), Joe Beef (the David McMillan and Fred Morin institution in Little Burgundy), Vin Papillon (the natural-wine sister to Joe Beef), Au Pied de Cochon (the Martin Picard duck-fat and foie gras temple at 536 Duluth East), and Damas (the historic Syrian restaurant on Van Horne) all give visitors a Montreal culinary experience that stands with any city in North America. Book two to three weeks in advance for any of these top-tier stops.

How to Book Your Montreal Canadiens Road Trip or Home Weekend Package

Elite Sports Tours builds Montreal Canadiens travel packages for every game listed in this guide, bundling Montreal Canadiens tickets with hotel and (where applicable) flight components. Home game packages at Bell Centre include the game ticket, a downtown Montreal hotel for two, three, or four nights (depending on the weekend and Two-Games-One-Weekend clusters), and pre-arranged in-market transportation between the hotel and Bell Centre. Road trip packages include the game ticket, a hotel in the away city walkable or short-drive to the arena, round-trip flights or coordinated rail options from your home market, and in-market ground transportation for the arena commute.

Multi-city road trip packages (the West Coast Swing, California Road Trip, and Florida Road Trip) include the full multi-city hotel plan, all game tickets, all inter-city flights (where multiple cities require air connections), and in-market ground transportation for every arena commute. These multi-city Canadiens travel packages are the definitive Habs road-trip experiences of the entire 2026-27 season and sell out three to five months in advance.

For pricing, availability, and to lock in the highest-demand weekends (the Two-Games-One-Weekend clusters at Bell Centre, the NHL Heritage Classic against Winnipeg, the Boxing Day Habs-Leafs Bell Centre game, and the West Coast Swing) contact Elite Sports Tours directly or use the individual weekend and road trip package links throughout this guide. Our team specializes in Habs travel and handles hundreds of Canadiens fans per season across every marquee game on the home and away schedules.

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