I feel like Steve Martin in "The Jerk", running and yelling "The new phone book's here. The new phone book's here."

That said ... the new schedule's here, the new schedule's here.

Once again, the new format includes home-and-homes with each Eastern Conference team once every five years. When not in a home-and-home series, teams from opposite conferences will play once per season.

Red Wings 2008-09 Regular-Season Schedule

Day Date Opponent Time
Thu Oct 9 Toronto 8 p.m.
Sat Oct 11 at Ottawa 7 p.m.
Mon Oct 13 at Carolina 7 p.m.
Thu Oct 16 Vancouver 7:30 p.m.
Sat Oct 18 N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.
Wed Oct 22 at St. Louis 8:30 p.m.
Fri Oct 24 Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
Sat Oct 25 at Chicago 8:30 p.m.
Mon Oct 27 at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m.
Wed Oct 29 at Anaheim 10 p.m.
Thu Oct 30 at San Jose 10:30 p.m.
Sun Nov 2 at Vancouver 10 p.m.
Sat Nov 8 New Jersey 7 p.m.
Tue Nov 11 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
Thu Nov 13 at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.
Fri Nov 14 at Florida 7:30 p.m.
Mon Nov 17 Edmonton 7:30 p.m.
Thu Nov 20 at Edmonton 9 p.m.
Sat Nov 22 at Calgary 10 p.m.
Mon Nov 24 at Vancouver 10 p.m.
Wed Nov 26 Montreal 7:30 p.m.
Fri Nov 28 Columbus 7:30 p.m.
Sat Nov 29 at Boston 7 p.m.
Mon Dec 1 Anaheim 7:30 p.m.
Thu Dec 4 Vancouver 7:30 p.m.
Sat Dec 6 Chicago 7 p.m.
Wed Dec 10 Calgary 7:30 p.m.
Fri Dec 12 at Dallas 8:30 p.m.
Sat Dec 13 at Phoenix 9 p.m.
Mon Dec 15 Colorado 7 p.m.
Thu Dec 18 San Jose 7:30 p.m.
Sat Dec 20 Los Angeles 7 p.m.
Tue Dec 23 St. Louis 7:30 p.m.
Fri Dec 26 at Nashville 8 p.m.
Sat Dec 27 at Colorado 9 p.m.
Tue Dec 30 Chicago 7:30 p.m.
Thu Jan 1 at Chicago * 1 p.m.
Sat Jan 3 at Minnesota 8 p.m.
Tue Jan 6 Columbus 7:30 p.m.
Thu Jan 8 Dallas 7:30 p.m.
Sat Jan 10 Buffalo 7 p.m.
Mon Jan 12 at Dallas 8 p.m.
Wed Jan 14 at Anaheim 10 p.m.
Thu Jan 15 at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m.
Sat Jan 17 at San Jose 10:30 p.m.
Tue Jan 20 at Phoenix 9 p.m.
Tue Jan 27 at Columbus 7 p.m.
Thu Jan 29 Dallas 7:30 p.m.
Sat Jan 31 at Washington 12:30 p.m.
Mon Feb 2 St. Louis 7 p.m.
Wed Feb 4 Phoenix 7:30 p.m.
Sat Feb 7 Edmonton 3 p.m.
Sun Feb 8 at Pittsburgh 3 p.m.
Tue Feb 10 at Nashville 8 p.m.
Thu Feb 12 Minnesota 7:30 p.m.
Fri Feb 13 at Columbus 7 p.m.
Sun Feb 15 Colorado 5 p.m.
Wed Feb 18 Nashville 7:30 p.m.
Fri Feb 20 Anaheim 7:30 p.m.
Sat Feb 21 at Minnesota 8 p.m.
Wed Feb 25 San Jose 7:30 p.m.
Fri Feb 27 Los Angeles 7:30 p.m.
Sat Feb 28 at Nashville 8 p.m.
Tue Mar 3 at St. Louis 8:30 p.m.
Wed Mar 4 at Colorado 9 p.m.
Sat Mar 7 Columbus 7 p.m.
Tue Mar 10 Phoenix 7:30 p.m.
Thu Mar 12 Calgary 7:30 p.m.
Sat Mar 14 at St. Louis 2 p.m.
Sun Mar 15 at Columbus 5 p.m.
Tue Mar 17 Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.
Fri Mar 20 at Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
Mon Mar 23 at Calgary 9 p.m.
Tue Mar 24 at Edmonton 9:30 p.m.
Fri Mar 27 N.Y. Islanders 7:30 p.m.
Sun Mar 29 Nashville 5 p.m.
Thu Apr 2 St. Louis 7:30 p.m.
Sun Apr 5 Minnesota 5 p.m.
Mon Apr 6 at Buffalo 7 p.m.
Thu Apr 9 Nashville 7:30 p.m.
Sat Apr 11 Chicago 3 p.m.
Sun Apr 12 at Chicago 5 p.m.

* Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, Chicago