NHL sets schedule for Panthers-Maple Leafs and there are no home conflicts with Heat
The Florida Panthers and Miami Heat might be the two most unlikely teams in the second round of their league’s playoffs, and there’s good news for Miami fans trying to see as many postseason games in person as possible this spring: The Panthers and Heat don’t have any conflicting home dates, although three of the games in their series could be played on the same dates.
Game 3, Florida’s first home game of Round 2, is set for Sunday with Game 4 on May 10 at FLA Live Arena.
Game 6 would be May 14 in Sunrise, if necessary.
For Miami, Game 3 at the Kaseya Center is Saturday and Game 4 is Monday. Game 6 of Heat-Knicks would take place May 12, if necessary.
The Panthers already knew their first two games with the Toronto Maple Leafs were going to be Tuesday and Thursday in Canada, but they were waiting on dates for later in the series and hoping to avoid as many conflicts with the Heat as possible. For the most part, Florida is getting its wish.
The full second-round schedule for Panthers-Maple Leafs is:
- Game 1: Tuesday, Scotiabank Arena, 7 p.m., ESPN
- Game 2: Thursday, Scotiabank Arena, 7 p.m., TNT
- Game 3: Sunday, FLA Live Arena, 6:30 p.m., TBD
- Game 4: May 10, FLA Live Arena, 7 p.m., ESPN
- Game 5: May 12, Scotiabank Arena, TBD, TBD (if necessary)
- Game 6: May 14, FLA Live Arena, TBD, TBD (if necessary)
- Game 7: May 16, Scotiabank Arena, TBD, TBD (if necessary)
Overall, the three potential conflicts with the Heat are Tuesday, May 10 and May 12. Miami plays Game 2 on Tuesday, and would play Game 5 on May 10 and Game 6 on May 12, if necessary.
Florida led the NHL in average attendance in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, drawing 19,531 per game for its three home games with the Bruins, and 4.5 percent of television sets in Miami-Dade and Broward counties were tuned in for overtime of the Panthers’ Game 7 upset in Boston on Sunday.
This story was originally published May 2, 2023 at 5:35 PM.
