The Florida Panthers have announced their schedule for the 2023-24 NHL regular season.
Florida will open the regular season with a three-game road trip that opens with a matchup against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, October 12. They then will visit the Winnipeg Jets (October 14) and New Jersey Devils (October 16).
Following their road trip, the Panthers will return to Sunrise to kick off a four-game homestand against the Toronto Maple Leafs (October 19), Vancouver Canucks (October 21), San Jose Sharks (October 24) and Seattle Kraken (October 28).
HOME OPENER
The starting point for an exciting season-long celebration of the franchise’s 30th anniversary, the Panthers and Maple Leafs will drop the puck for the Home Opener at 7 PM at FLA Live Arena on October 19.
SUNRISE HOCKEY NIGHTS
21 games of the Florida Panthers 2023-24 home schedule will take place on Thursday and Saturday with nine Thursday matchups and 12 Saturday games on the docket. Thursday games will begin at 7 PM and Saturday games are schedule-dependent with most games dropping the puck at 6 PM. The Panthers host one Sunday matinee against the Chicago Blackhawks on November 12 at 1 PM.
HOLDAYS OF HOCKEY
This year’s schedule will feature a home game the night before and the day after Thanksgiving at FLA Live Arena when the Panthers host the Boston Bruins on November 22 and the Winnipeg Jets on November 24.
Around the winter holidays, the Panthers will face their recent Stanley Cup Final opponent, the Vegas Golden Knights, on December 23 at 3 PM and host two games prior to closing the book on the 2023 calendar year: December 29 against the New York Rangers and December 30 against the Montreal Canadiens.
CATS HEAD WEST
The Cats will head west for their longest road stretch from December 10 through December 18 taking on the Columbus Blue Jackets (12/10), Seattle Kraken (12/12), Vancouver Canucks (12/14), Edmonton Oilers (12/16) and Calgary Flames (12/18).
MATINEE MATCHUPS
The Panthers will host four home matinee games at FLA Live Arena this season facing the Chicago Blackhawks (November 12 at 1 PM), Vegas Golden Knights (December 23 at 3 PM), Anaheim Ducks (January 15 at 1 PM) and Detroit Red Wings (March 30 at 12:30 PM).
Click here to see the ’23-24 sked in its entirety – FloridaPanthers.com/Schedule.