SUNRISE, Fla. — The NHL has released the home openers for all 32 of its teams.

For the Florida Panthers, they’ll kick off their home schedule on Oct. 10 when they host the Minnesota Wild at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise.

Thanks to the NHL expanding its regular season schedule to 84 games, the league is starting the season a little earlier than usual.

With that being the case, the Panthers are going to be quite busy ahead of their home opener.

First, Florida will be in Raleigh on Sept. 29 for the Carolina Hurricanes home opener, when they will raise their 2026 Stanley Cup Championship banner to the rafters at Lenovo Center.

Puck drop for that matchup is set for 5 p.m. and the game will be nationally broadcast on ESPN as part of their season-opening tripleheader.

The Panthers will then head across the country for not one, not two but three home openers in California.

The fun starts on Oct. 1 when Florida faces the San Jose Sharks, then three nights later on Oct. 4 the Cats will help the Anaheim Ducks open their home schedule.

Two nights later, the Panthers will make the short trip to Los Angeles for the Kings’ home opener on Oct. 6.

After playing four road games and traveling thousands of miles during the first week of the season, it would make sense that Florida would not play again until their home opener.

We wont know for sure until the full schedule is released by the NHL, which is expected to happen on Thursday.

Panthers to face Minnesota in home opener on Oct. 10

Florida will start season with four road games, including in Carolina for their Stanley Cup banner raising

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