The Chicago Blackhawks face the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 (10/7/25) in a regular season game at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.

The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers will kick off a season-opening NHL tripleheader. The puck drops on the 2025-26 NHL season on Tuesday, Oct. 7 as the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers will open the season by welcoming the Chicago Blackhawks to Amerant Bank Arena in South Florida.

SportsLine's model simulated Chicago vs. Florida 10,000 times and revealed its NHL picks for Tuesday's season opener at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.

Jesper Boqvist scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Florida Panthers, after raising their second straight Stanley Cup banner, opened defense of the title by beating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Sending the Panthers ahead in the third period, Jesper Boqvist crashed the net and batted a centering feed from Mackie Samoskevich past Knight and into the cage to make it 3-2 at 9:40. Boqvist makes it 3-2 in the third period.

The journey to a three-peat starts with a game against the Chicago Blackhawks on NHL Opening Night, and the Panthers already have some adversity to overcome. The Cats will be without Aleksander Barkov for the entire season, while Matthew Tkachuk isn’t due back until December at the earliest.

The Chicago Blackhawks open up their season with a favorable matchup against the defending back-to-back Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers.

In the first game of the Jeff Blashill era, the Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Florida Panthers amid their championship banner celebration.

The Panthers play five games away from home during the next nine days, starting Monday against the Philadelphia Flyers

The Detroit Red Wings wrap up the extended home-and-home with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday afternoon north of the border. This is the second time in three days that the Original Six franchises have faced off.