Graphic design: Francisco Oporta & Todd Little

The Florida Panthers (27-20-3) will conclude a three-game road trip against the improving Chicago Blackhawks (21-22-8) tonight in the Windy City.

Brad Marchand returned with a vengance, scoring twice, including the game-winner, and adding an assist in Florida’s 4-3 overtime victory over the Minnesota Wild last night in St. Paul. Sam Reinhart (1G/1A), Carter Verhaeghe (2A), and Matthew Tkachuk (2A) had multi-point perofrmances and Sam Bennett tied the tilt with his 19th goal of the season with 6:49 remaining in regulation.

The Blackhawks are coming off a hard-fought 2-1 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. Ryan Green scored Chicago’s only goal and Arvid Soderbolm made 30 saves to earn his team a point. Third-year Connor Bedard leads the team in assists (28) and in scoring with 48 points.

WHEN: 7 p.m. ET

WHERE: United Center – Chicago, IL

ON THE TUBE: Scripps, NHL Network, CHSN

ON THE DIAL: 104.3 WQAM (D/B), 106.3 ESPN (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)

SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #Blackhawks, #FLAvsCHI, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook

ENEMY INTEL: Second City Hockey

FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (1-0)

LAST MEETING: @FLA 3, CHI 2 (Recap) – 10/7/2025

NEXT MEETING: 2026-27 regular season

PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Tarsov (7-6-2 .906 / 2.63 0SO)  / Chicago: Knight (15-13-6 .913 / 2.54 3SO)

PLAYER STATS: Florida / Chicago

Sunday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)

Colorado (34-6-9 77P) at TORONTO (24-18-9 57P) 1:30 p.m.

Vegas (25-13-12 62P) at OTTAWA (23-21-7 53P) 5 p.m.

Idle: DET (69P), TBL (68P), BUF (63P) MON (63P), BOS (62P)