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Florida Panthers @ Nashville Predators

Panthers

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Schmid	5	2	1	0	2.86	.889
J. Markstrom	3	2	1	1	2.50	.890
C. Black	0	1	0	0	3.15	.857

Predators

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Saros	4	3	4	0	2.77	.908
J. Annunen	2	1	0	0	3.90	.846

Bridgestone Arena

2:00 PM, January 1, 2027

Nashville, TN

FLA

NSH

Points

Matthew TkachukLW #19

21PTS

17A

Filip ForsbergLW #9

19PTS

14A

Goals

Brady TkachukLW #8

3PPG

48S

Steven StamkosC #91

4PPG

36S

Assists

Matthew TkachukLW #19

17A

10PPA

0+/-

Roman JosiD #59

15A

9PPA

4+/-

Florida Panthers

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brad Marchand LW	IR	Nov 21
Aleksander Barkov C	IR-LT	Nov 27
Jonah Gadjovich LW	IR-LT	Nov 28

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
FLA	3.13	2.93	28.7	24.5	206	16	23.5	10	83.9	1	0
NSH	3.00	3.00	25.9	28.9	106	15	30.6	5	89.4	2	0

Panthers Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/2/26	vsDET	L5-3
10/30/26	vsWPG	W5-2
10/27/26	@WPG	W5-1
10/25/26	@CHI	W3-2
10/22/26	@PIT	L4-0

Predators Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/3/26	vsCAR	W4-1
10/31/26	vsTB	W5-4 SO
10/29/26	vsWSH	L4-3
10/27/26	vsNYI	L4-3 SO
10/25/26	vsCOL	W6-2

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/28

Predators
Panthers

Game 1

12/28

Panthers
Predators

Game 2

1/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	11	4	1	23
Montreal	9	3	3	21
Tampa Bay	9	3	2	20
Ottawa	9	6	1	19
Florida	8	5	2	18
Toronto	8	7	2	18
Buffalo	7	4	3	17
Detroit	7	6	3	17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Minnesota	11	3	3	25
Utah	10	6	0	20
Dallas	9	5	1	19
Colorado	9	6	1	19
Nashville	6	4	5	17
St. Louis	7	7	1	15
Winnipeg	5	8	3	13
Chicago	4	10	1	9

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Florida Panthers @ Nashville Predators

Scoring Leaders

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Filip ForsbergLW #9

Brady TkachukLW #8

Steven StamkosC #91

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Roman JosiD #59

Injury Report

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