Five more sleeps, counting Thursday, until the NHL's season-opening date is here.

It starts Tuesday with a tripleheader. The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena (5 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS), then the Pittsburgh Penguins play the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS). The night ends with the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings playing at Crypto.com Arena (10:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS).

Of the six teams in action Tuesday, four are ranked in our preseason Super 16, which is below.

The Panthers, the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, are No. 6 after being No. 1 in the summer Super 16 that came out at the end of July. The drop has to do with not having center Aleksander Barkov and forward Matthew Tkachuk because o

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