It’s an interconference clash on the ice as a pair of teams outside their respective playoff pictures do battle in the Sunshine State. The Nashville Predators are on the road as they make the trip south to face the Florida Panthers Thursday night. Nashville was beaten 3-1 at home by Pittsburgh in their previous contest Tuesday night. Florida took down in-state rival Tampa Bay 4-1 on the road in their most recent contest Tuesday night. In the last 10 meetings, the Panthers own a 6-4 advantage though it was the Predators rolling to a 7-3 win at home in the first meeting this season February 16.
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Nashville saw their three-game win streak snapped as they were shut down by Pittsburgh at home in their previous contest Tuesday night. The Predators dropped to 29-23-6 on the season and entered Wednesday fifth in the Central Division, 11 points behind the Stars for the top spot. They were nine points behind the Avalanche for the final guaranteed playoff spot and eight behind the Jets for the second wild card spot. Nashville is 25th in the league in goals per game as they put up an average of 2.86 goals per contest this season. The Predators are 12th in goals against by allowing an average of 2.90 goals per game on the year. Nashville is 25th in the league in power play success as they cash in on 18.5% of their chances with the man advantage. The Predators are 13th in penalty killing as they successfully navigate through 81% of their shorthanded situations this season.
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Against Pittsburgh, Nashville was unable to get their offense going and it proved to be their undoing. The Predators fired plenty of shots on goal in the opening period, holding a 17-9 advantage in that category, but skated to the dressing room with the game scoreless after 20 minutes of play. In the second period, Nashville was outshot by a 17-5 margin with neither team scoring again, keeping the game 0-0 at the second intermission. The third period saw the Predators outshot by an 8-3 margin and they were outscored 3-1 to take the loss. Mark Jankowski opened the scoring and gave Nashville a 1-0 lead with his fifth of the year, unassisted, at 7:01 of the period. The Predators gave up the game’s final three goals, including the go-ahead goal with 1:39 remaining in regulation, to take the defeat. Juuse Saros made 31 saves for Nashville, who was outshot 34-25, in the loss. He is expected to be between the pipes again for this contest.
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