The Pittsburgh Penguins will open the 2008-09 season in Sweden with back-to-back games against the Ottawa Senators on October 4 and 5 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Both games will start at 2:30 p.m. Pittsburgh time.

It marks the second time in franchise history that the Penguins will open the regular season outside of North America. In 2000-01, the Penguins opened the season with two games against the Nashville Predators in Tokyo, Japan.

Although the Penguins will again play a majority of their games against Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference teams, the NHL instituted a change in the schedule this season to involve more matchups against the Western Conference. The Penguins will play at least one game against each of the 15 teams in the Western Conference, and they will play three of the Western teams twice – Detroit, San Jose and Columbus.

The Penguins will visit the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and then host the Wings at Mellon Arena on Sunday, Feb. 8.

The Penguins will play six games each against their Atlantic Division rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders (three home, three road). They will play four games each against the other 10 teams in the Eastern Conference (two home, two road).

They will play 64 games against Eastern Conference teams and 18 against the Western Conference for a total of 82 regular season games.

The Penguins will play their regular season home opener on Saturday, Oct. 11 against the New Jersey Devils at Mellon Arena (7:30 p.m.). They will close out the regular season at Montreal on Saturday, April 11.

2008-09 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Sat., October 4^th @ Ottawa, 2:30 PM (Sweden)
Sun., October 5^th vs. Ottawa, 2:30 PM (Sweden)
Sat., October 11^th vs. New Jersey, 7:30 PM
Tue., October 14^th vs. Philadelphia, 7:00 PM
Thur., October 16^th vs. Washington, 7:30 PM
Sat., October 18^th vs. Toronto, 7:00 PM
Mon., October 20^th @ Boston, 7:00 PM
Thur., October 23^rd vs. Carolina, 7:30 PM
Sat., October 25^th @ New York Rangers, 7:00 PM
Tue., October 28^th @ San Jose, 10:30 PM
Thur., October 30^th @ Phoenix, 10:00 PM
Sat., November 1^st @ St. Louis, 8:30 PM
Thur., November 6^th vs. Edmonton, 7:30 PM
Sat., November 8^th @ New York Islanders, 7:00 PM
Tue., November 11^th @ Detroit, 7:00 PM
Thur., November 13^th vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 PM
Sat., November 15^th vs. Buffalo, 7:30 PM
Tue., November 18^th vs. Minnesota, 7:00 PM
Thur., November 20^th @ Atlanta, 7:00 PM
Sat., November 22^nd vs. Vancouver, 1:00 PM
Wed., November 26^th @ New York Islanders, 7:00 PM
Fri., November 28^th @ Buffalo, 7:30 PM
Sat., November 29^th vs. New Jersey, 7:30 PM
Wed., December 3^rd @ New York Rangers, 7:00 PM
Thur., December 4^th @ Carolina, 7:00 PM
Sat., December 6^th @ Ottawa, 7:00 PM
Mon., December 8^th vs. Buffalo, 7:30 PM
Wed., December 10^th @ New Jersey, 7:00 PM
Thur., December 11^th vs. New York Islanders, 7:30 PM
Sat., December 13^th @ Philadelphia, 1:00 PM
Thur., December 18^th @ Atlanta, 7:00 PM
Sat., December 20^th vs. Toronto, 7:00 PM
Mon., December 22^nd @ Buffalo, 7:00 PM
Tue., December 23^rd vs. Tampa Bay, 7:30 PM
Fri., December 26^th @ New Jersey, 7:00 PM
Sat., December 27^th vs. Montreal, 7:00 PM
Tue., December 30^th vs. Boston, 7:30 PM
Thur., January 1^st @ Boston, 7:00 PM
Sat., January 3^rd vs. Florida, 1:00 PM
Mon., January 5^th @ New York Rangers, 7:00 PM
Tue., January 6^th vs. Atlanta, 7:30 PM
Thur., January 8^th @ Nashville, 8:00 PM
Sat., January 10^th @ Colorado, 3:00 PM
Tue., January 13^th @ Philadelphia, 7:00 PM
Wed., January 14^th vs. Washington, 7:30 PM
Fri., January 16^th vs. Anaheim, 7:30 PM
Sun., January 18^th vs. New York Rangers, 3:00 PM
Tue., January 20^th vs. Carolina, 7:30 PM
Wed., January 28^th vs. New York Rangers, 7:30 PM
Fri., January 30^th @ New Jersey, 7:00 PM
Sat., January 31^st @ Toronto, 7:00 PM
Tue., February 3^rd @ Montreal, 7:30 PM
Wed., February 4^th vs. Tampa Bay, 7:30 PM
Fri., February 6^th vs. Columbus, 7:30 PM
Sun., February 8^th vs. Detroit, 3:00 PM
Wed., February 11^th vs. San Jose, 7:30 PM
Sat., February 14^th @ Toronto, 7:00 PM
Mon., February 16^th @ New York Islanders, 2:00 PM
Thur., February 19^th vs. Montreal, 7:00 PM
Sat., February 21^st @ Philadelphia, 1:00 PM
Sun., February 22^nd @ Washington, 3:00 PM
Wed., February 25^th vs. New York Islanders, 7:30 PM
Fri., February 27^th @ Chicago, 8:30 PM
Sun., March 1^st @ Dallas, 3:00 PM
Tue., March 3^rd @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 PM
Thur., March 5^th @ Florida, 7:30 PM
Sun., March 8^th @ Washington, 3:00 PM
Tue., March 10^th vs. Florida, 7:30 PM
Thur., March 12^th @ Columbus, 7:00 PM
Sat., March 14^th vs. Ottawa, 3:00 PM
Sun., March 15^th vs. Boston, 3:00 PM
Tue., March 17^th vs. Atlanta, 7:30 PM
Fri., March 20^th vs. Los Angeles, 7:30 PM
Sun., March 22^nd vs. Philadelphia, 3:00 PM
Wed., March 25^th vs. Calgary, 7:30 PM
Sat., March 28^th vs. New York Rangers, 1:00 PM
Wed., April 1^st vs. New Jersey, 7:30 PM
Sat., April 4^th @ Carolina, 7:00 PM
Sun., April 5^th @ Florida, 5:00 PM
Tue., April 7^th @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 PM
Thur., April 9^th vs. New York Islanders, 7:30 PM
Sat., April 11^th @ Montreal, 7:00 PM