The defending Western Conference champion Nashville Predators visited BB&T Center in Sunrise on Tuesday night and were surprised by the Florida Panthers 2-1. The Cats, who played at home on consecutive nights, are four points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for the second wild-card position in the Eastern Conference. The Predators entered this game with the best record in the National Hockey League.
Florida(41-30-8) scored with 1:30 left in the first period to move ahead 1-0. Jamie McGinn had the puck in the low right circle and made a centering pass. Jonathan Huberdeau redirected it from the blue paint for his 26th goal of the season.
After a scoreless second period, Nashville(51-18-11) surrendered a tally with 9:27 remaining in the third. Evgenii Dadonov made a backhand drop pass from behind the Predators cage and Colton Sceviour flicked in a shot from the left of the crease past Pekka Rinne.
The Predators broke the shutout with 3:52 to go in regulation. Roman Josi skated from the left circle to into the slot area and backhanded a high shot by Roberto Luongo.
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