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Florida Panthers at Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Preseason Final

Final score

The Nashville Predators beat the Florida Panthers 5–3 on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Florida Panthers 3 40-38-4
at Nashville Predators 5 38-34-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Florida Panthers 1 0 2 3
Nashville Predators 2 2 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Florida Panthers 10 6 11 27
Nashville Predators 12 11 8 31

Three stars

  1. M. Wood, Nashville Predators (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. F. Forsberg, Nashville Predators (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Stamkos, Nashville Predators (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:44 Florida Panthers Brett Chorske (1) Unassisted Even strength FLA 1, NSH 0
1st 17:44 Nashville Predators Cole Smith (1) Nick Blankenburg (1), Daniel Carr (1) Even strength FLA 1, NSH 1
1st 18:59 Nashville Predators Steven Stamkos (1) Matthew Wood (1), Filip Forsberg (1) Power play FLA 1, NSH 2
2nd 09:39 Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg (1) Ryan O'Reilly (1), Matthew Wood (2) Power play FLA 1, NSH 3
2nd 13:24 Nashville Predators Matthew Wood (1) Nicolas Hague (1), Brady Martin (1) Even strength FLA 1, NSH 4
3rd 00:21 Florida Panthers Mike Benning (1) Jack Studnicka (1), Noah Gregor (1) Even strength FLA 2, NSH 4
3rd 06:39 Florida Panthers Mike Benning (2) Unassisted Even strength FLA 3, NSH 4
3rd 19:25 Nashville Predators Ryan O'Reilly (1) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net FLA 3, NSH 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Florida Panthers Nashville Predators
Shots on goal 27 31
Power play 0 of 1 2 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 23 17
Blocked shots 10 5
Giveaways 7 12
Takeaways 2 1
Faceoffs won 22/63 (34.9%) 41/63 (65.1%)

Box score

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
14 T. Motte C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 2 0 28.6% 16:36
18 N. Gregor L 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 66.7% 18:11
25 N. Foote L 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 1 0 15:14
38 J. Devine R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17:20
44 M. Entwistle R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 27.3% 16:04
45 B. Chorske C 1 0 1 +2 0 1 1 1 0 40% 15:27
53 J. Studnicka C 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 42.9% 16:36
57 D. Walcott L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 1 0 11:23
61 S. Busch L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 12:09
73 B. Steeves L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 16:00
82 N. Zabaneh C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 12:05
85 H. St. Martin L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 0 17:01
4 B. Harpur D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18:17
20 M. Benning D 2 0 2 +1 0 4 0 2 0 23:31
22 T. Bjornfot D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 2 2 0 22:13
51 M. Alscher D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 16:03
81 C. Huard D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 17:43
96 M. Hovorka D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:33
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
31 C. Black 12 11 1 .917 28:29 Loss
40 D. Tarasov 18 15 3 .833 30:08

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
7 D. Gambrell C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 1 0 70% 13:24
9 F. Forsberg L 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 0 1 100% 16:37
26 D. Carr L 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 100% 15:39
36 C. Smith R 1 0 1 +2 0 1 3 0 0 100% 18:10
40 F. Svechkov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 17:31
44 B. Martin C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 55.6% 16:13
61 J. Willis C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
65 C. O'Hara R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 11:51
71 M. Wood R 1 2 3 +1 0 3 1 1 0 15:43
90 R. O'Reilly C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 66.7% 17:20
91 S. Stamkos C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16:38
8 A. Englund D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:44
24 S. Stastney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 19:10
37 N. Blankenburg D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 21:14
41 N. Hague D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 15:09
59 R. Josi D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 24:13
63 K. Marino R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0 0 08:47
92 A. Gibson D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 20:26
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
30 M. Chrona 17 15 2 .882 29:52 Win
74 J. Saros 10 9 1 .900 30:02

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:23 Nashville Predators Roman Josi High sticking 2
1st 18:36 Florida Panthers Ben Steeves High sticking 2
2nd 09:05 Florida Panthers Nolan Foote High sticking 2
3rd 20:00 Florida Panthers Daniel Walcott Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 Nashville Predators Andrew Gibson Roughing 2

Game information

Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Nashville Predators head coach
Andrew Brunette
Referees
Brian Pochmara, Stephen Hiff
Linesmen
Ryan Jackson, Ben O'Quinn
Florida Panthers scratches
Brad Marchand, Jeff Petry, Dmitry Kulikov, Sergei Bobrovsky, Andy Welinski, Trevor Carrick, Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov, Seth Jones, Tomas Nosek, Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling, A.J. Greer, Mitchell Vande Sompel, Evan Rodrigues, Niko Mikkola, Matthew Tkachuk, Luke Kunin, Evan Cormier, Jonah Gadjovich, Jesper Boqvist, Eetu Luostarinen, Cole Krygier, Riley Hughes, Robert Mastrosimone, Eamon Powell, Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich, Evan Nause, Vladislav Lukashevich, Kirill Gerasimyuk, Josh Lopina, Michael Simpson, Corey Andonovski, Dennis Cesana, Brandon Bussi, Ludvig Jansson, Tyler Muszelik, Josh Davies, Sandis Vilmanis, Kai Schwindt, Gracyn Sawchyn, Ryan McAllister, Uvis Balinskis, Wilmer Skoog, Albert Wikman, Olof Glifford, Luke Coughlin, Stepan Zvyagin, Philip Waugh, Simon Zether, Linus Eriksson, Hunter Johannes, Matvei Shuravin, Stepan Gorbunov, Denis Gabdrakhmanov, Arvid Drott, Liam McLinskey, Anton Lundmark, Cristophe Tellier, Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, Shamar Moses, Brendan Dunphy, Yegor Midlak, Carson Cameron
Nashville Predators scratches
Erik Haula, Kevin Gravel, Scott Harrington, Jonathan Marchessault, Brady Skjei, Michael McCarron, Jordan Oesterle, Michael Bunting, Konstantin Volkov, Isaac Ratcliffe, Nick Perbix, Justus Annunen, Jake Lucchini, Semyon Chystyakov, Isak Walther, Ethan Haider, Navrin Mutter, Zack Hayes, Ryder Rolston, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Justin Barron, Adam Wilsby, Ryan Ufko, Zachary L'Heureux, Jack Matier, Adam Ingram, Joakim Kemell, Kasper Kulonummi, Reid Schaefer, Matt Murray, Ben Strinden, Chad Nychuk, Austin Roest, David Edstrom, Kalan Lind, Tanner Molendyk, Felix Nilsson, Sutter Muzzatti, Aiden Fink, Oasiz Wiesblatt, Miguel Marques, Teddy Stiga, Egor Surin, Viggo Gustafsson, Hiroki Gojsic, Jakub Milota, Viktor Norringer, Erik Påhlsson, Jacob Rombach, Cameron Reid, Jack Ivankovic, Ryker Lee, T.J. Semptimphelter, Alex Huang, Daniel Nieminen, Alex Kostov, Hayden Barch

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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