The 2025-26 NHL season gets underway Tuesday with a triple-header of hockey matchups starting with the reigning champions, the Florida Panthers, hosting the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Panthers will be juiced up playing on Opening Night after getting their championship rings, and they are huge -285 moneyline favorites against the Blackhawks.
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What our Post expert thinks about Blackhawks vs. Panthers
The Panthers are on the hunt to become the first NHL team to win three straight championships since the Islanders in 1983.
Unfortunately for the Panthers, they will be short of their two best players.
Aleksander Barkov will be out after tearing his ACL and MCL in practice, while Matthew Tkachuk is also out for multiple weeks after having surgery to repair a torn adductor muscle.
Meanwhile, the Blackhawks are moving in the opposite direction as they look to rebuild. They have the longest odds to win the Stanley Cup at 500/1.
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