Heat And Panthers Home Conflicts

     The Miami Heat and the Florida Panthers will have home game conflicts and will be playing at the same time during the 2022-23 schedule. This has happened since the 1998-99 season when both teams began to play contests in different venues. 

     A big gripe by South Florida sports fans occurred during the 2021-22 postseason. The Miami Heat's home games in the Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics happened on the same day and within one hour of the start of Florida Panther's home games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs versus the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

     The first conflict of several this season will be tonight. The Miami Heat have their season opener as they face the Chicago Bulls. The Florida Panthers challenges the Philadelphia Flyers in their home opener. 

     Both teams play at home on the same day 10 times in the 2022-23 regular season. The conflicted dates are October 19, October 21, November 12, November 23, December 8, January 14, January 27, March 4, March 10 and March 25.