2015-16 Panthers schedule released: Season starts October 10 vs. Flyers at home

The Florida Panthers and the rest of the National Hockey League released the 2015-16 schedule on Thursday morning, and as we already knew, the Cats will open up the regular season with a home-and-home versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

Florida will face Philly, who will already have a road game against the Tampa Bay Lightning under its belt, here at the BB&T Center on Saturday, October 10 before the two clubs head north to the City of Brotherly Love for cheese steaks and the return match on Monday, the 12th.

The Lightning and Ottawa Senators are the two Atlantic Division rivals the Panthers will face five times this year. They will play the other five teams in their division four times each. The Cats will face each team in Metropolitan Division three times and play every Western Conference team twice.

This season's holiday homestand will see the Panthers welcome the Senators, Blue Jackets, Canadiens, Rangers and Wild to town. The five-game stint will begin on December 22 and end on January 3.

Florida will invade the New York Islanders new home, the Barclays Center, for the first time on December 15. They could very likely get their first look at Connor McDavid when they visit the Edmonton Oilers on January 10.

The Panthers will finish the campaign at home on April 9 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Their final road game will be against the Senators, two days prior, on April 7.

The Cats will kick off the preseason with doubleheader against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.

For more details on the schedule check it out on the club's official site. For the schedule of the league's other teams, visit NHL.com by click here to take a gander.