Panthers to raise 2nd Stanley Cup banner Oct. 7

The Florida Panthers are acceptable to rise their 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup banner earlier opening the NHL play against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The back-to-back champions play astatine 5 p.m. EDT connected Oct. 7 to pb disconnected an opening nighttime tripleheader, the league announced Monday. Florida defeated Edmonton successful the teams' Cup last rematch and is aiming for the NHL's archetypal threepeat since the New York Islanders' dynasty from 1980-83.

Also connected Oct. 7, the New York Rangers big the Pittsburgh Penguins astatine 8 p.m. with the Colorado Avalanche visiting the Los Angeles Kings astatine 10:30 p.m. EDT. The remainder of the docket is acceptable to beryllium released Wednesday.

This is the last 82-game regular play earlier going to 84 successful 2026-27 arsenic portion of a corporate bargaining statement hold agreed to and ratified by the league and the Players' Association. The 2025-26 docket includes a interruption for players to enactment successful the Milan-Cortina Olympics, the NHL's instrumentality to that signifier for the archetypal clip since 2014.