It will be a quick one-game homestand for the Flyers.

They will open the season on NBC next Saturday against the Penguins and wont return to Wells Fargo Center until Jan. 24 against the Rangers.

It will be a game every other day, it seems, for the remainder of this shortened season.

Because there are 15 teams each playing 48 games in a shortened season, the scheduled is unbalanced.

There is no inter-conference play; all games are within the conference.

Without question, the Atlantic Division remains the toughest division in the Eastern Conference. From the Flyers' standpoint, they will play the Rangers and Devils five times each, three times on the road.

They will play the Penguins and Islanders four times.

Outside the division, the Flyers will travel to snow-barren Winnipeg twice but host the Jets just once. They will also play Buffalo, Montreal, Tampa Bay and Toronto twice on the road and just once at home.

The remaining non-division games will see the Flyers get home ice twice against Boston, Carolina, Florida, Ottawa and Washington.

Here is a look at the schedule:

Sat., Jan. 19 -- Pittsburgh, 3 p.m., NBC

Sun., Jan. 20 -- @ Buffalo, 12:30 p.m., NBC

Tue., Jan. 22 -- @ New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., Jan. 24 -- N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., Jan. 26 -- @ Florida, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Sun., Jan. 27 -- @ Tampa, 6 p.m., CSN

Tue., Jan. 29 -- @ N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m., CSN

Fri., Feb. 1 -- @ Washington, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., Feb. 2 -- Carolina, 7 p.m., CSN

Tue., Feb. 5 -- Tampa, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., Feb. 7 -- Florida, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., Feb. 9 -- Carolina, 1 p.m., CSN

Mon., Feb. 11 -- @ Toronto, 7 p.m., CSN

Tue., Feb. 12 -- @ Winnipeg, 8 p.m., CSN

Fri., Feb. 15 -- @ New Jersey, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., Feb. 16 -- @ Montreal, 7 p.m., CSN

Mon., Feb. 18 -- @ N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m., CSN

Wed., Feb. 20 -- @ Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN

Thu., Feb. 21 -- Florida, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., Feb. 23 -- Winnipeg, 1 p.m., CSN

Mon., Feb. 25 -- Toronto, 7 p.m., CSN

Wed., Feb. 27 -- Washington, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN

Sat., March 2 -- Ottawa, 12:00 p.m., CSN

Tue., March 5 -- @ N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., March 7 -- Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., March 9 -- @ Boston, 1 p.m., CSN

Sun., March 10 -- Buffalo, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN

Wed., March 13 -- @ New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN

Fri., March 15 -- New Jersey, 7 p.m., CSN

Mon., March 18 -- @ Tampa, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Sun., March 24 -- @ Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., CSN

Tue., March 26 -- N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., March 28 -- N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., March 30 -- Boston, 1 p.m., CSN

Sun., March 31 -- Washington, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN

Wed., April 3 -- Montreal, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., April 4 -- @ Toronto, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., April 6 -- @ Winnipeg, 3 p.m., CSN

Tue., April 9 -- @ N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m., CSN

Thu., April 11 -- Ottawa, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., April 13 -- @ Buffalo, 3 p.m., CSN

Mon., April 15 -- @ Montreal, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Tue., April 16 -- N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., April 18 -- New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Sat., April 20 -- @ Carolina, 7 p.m., CSN

Tue., April 23 -- Boston, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Thu., April 25 -- N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m., CSN

Sat., April 27 -- @ Ottawa, 7 p.m., CSN

E-mail Tim Panaccio at tpanotch@comcast.net