Florida took a 1-0 lead at 8:25 of the first period. Josh Davies cycled the puck from the left wing. Justin Sourdif attempted a wraparound shot which was saved by Jusse Saros. Kevin Stenlund put in a wrist shot from the edge of the blue paint.
The Cats expanded it to 2-0 at the 9:52 mark of the frame. Nick Cousins pushed the puck from the left corner to Keith Tkachuk behind the cage. His centering pass was put in by Sam Bennett on a backhand shot from the top of the crease.
The Panthers made it 3-0 with 5:22 remaining in the first. Bennett angled a pass from the top of the zone to the right wing. Niko Mikkola released a shot that went off a defender and into the net. Dmitry Kulikov, who is beginning his second stint with the team, was credited with a secondary assist on the goal.
It became 4-0 for Florida with 1:31 to go in the period. Kulikov rushed through the right circle and scored on a backhand shot with assists from Bennett and Cousins.
Nashville cut it to 4-1 at 8:36 of the second period. Jake Livingstone carried the puck through the left circle and trickled a wrist shot by Sergei Bobrovsky. Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist were credited with assists on the play.
Bobrovsky left the contest with 7:17 remaining in the second period. He stopped 15 of 16 shots in over 32 minutes against the Predators.
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