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Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Sunday, October 25, 2026 · United Center

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersAway

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Chicago BlackhawksChicagoBlackhawksHome

SN · TVAS · CHSN · SCRIPPS

Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Sunday, October 25, 2026, with puck drop at 3:00 PM ET. The game is on SN, TVAS, CHSN and SCRIPPS.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Panthers

Game 3 of a road trip: Ottawa and Pittsburgh, now Chicago.

  1. 152026-10-15: vs VAN
  2. 162026-10-16: no game
  3. 172026-10-17: vs SEA
  4. 182026-10-18: no game
  5. 192026-10-19: no game
  6. 202026-10-20: no game
  7. 212026-10-21: at OTT
  8. 222026-10-22: at PIT, second of a back-to-backB2B
  9. 232026-10-23: no game
  10. 242026-10-24: no game
  11. 252026-10-25: at CHI
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~412 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,150 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−1 h
body clock vs home

Blackhawks

Another game at home.

  1. 152026-10-15: vs WPG
  2. 162026-10-16: no game
  3. 172026-10-17: vs DAL
  4. 182026-10-18: no game
  5. 192026-10-19: no game
  6. 202026-10-20: no game
  7. 212026-10-21: no game
  8. 222026-10-22: no game
  9. 232026-10-23: vs MTL
  10. 242026-10-24: no game
  11. 252026-10-25: vs FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37
Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksTue, Oct 13 vs PIT
  1. L1NewBedard#98Kane#88Kantserov#80
    14:40 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewBertuzzi#59Teravainen#86Frondell#16
    9:13 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewToninato#25Donato#8Moore#11
    8:03 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGreenway#12Greene#20Smith#22
    6:49 together at 5v5
  1. D1Byram#24Levshunov#55
    17:47 together at 5v5
  2. D2Cole#28Vlasic#72
    12:41 together at 5v5
  3. D3Kaiser#44Rinzel#6
    11:31 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Bertuzzi LBedard CKane RKantserov RByram D2:48

Penalty kill

  1. 1Teravainen CFrondell CCole DVlasic D1:29
  2. 2Greene CSmith RCole DVlasic D1:05

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLACHI

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

FLA 72% (7th most settled)CHI 70% (14th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)CHI 1:23 left (2nd latest · 19 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)CHI 48.6s (15th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

FLA 27% (10th least often)CHI 33% (10th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series