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Florida Panthers Announce 2024-25 Regular Season Schedule

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers announced today, in conjunction with the National Hockey League, their schedule for the 2024-25 regular season.

To view the team’s full calendar, click **HERE**.

The Panthers will open the season by raising the 2024 Stanley Cup champions banner at Amerant Bank Arena against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. ET. The Cats will then head on a four-game road trip to Ottawa, Buffalo, Boston and Columbus from Oct. 10-Oct. 15.

The Panthers longest homestand of the season is six games between Nov. 2-16 facing the Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils twice, and the Winnipeg Jets. The Cats have two five-game homestands throughout the season between Dec. 23-Jan. 3 and Feb. 27-March 8. The first of two 2024 Stanley Cup Final rematches will be at Rogers Place in Edmonton at 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Dec. 16, followed by the Oilers visiting Amerant Bank Arena at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 27.

The Cats will play their first-ever game against the NHL’s newest franchise, the Utah Hockey Club, at Delta Center in Utah on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 10 p.m. ET and again on Friday, March 28 at Amerant Bank Arena at 7 p.m. ET.

GLOBAL SERIES

The 2024 NHL Global Series™ features the Panthers and Dallas Stars in two games at Nokia Arena in the hometown of Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov in Tampere, Finland on Nov. 1 and 2. Barkov became the first Finnish-born NHL captain to win a Stanley Cup this past season, and he grew up competing for the Liiga club Tappara Tampere which now plays at Nokia Arena. Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola also spent one season with Tappara in 2017-18.