Anders Lindback made 22 saves for his first career shutout and defensemen Shea Weber and Ryan Suter scored goals as the host Nashville Predators posted a 3-0 triumph over the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
Lindback is 3-0-1 since taking over for Pekka Rinne, who suffered a knee injury on Dec. 1 and is expected to be out another two weeks.
Suter assisted on Weber’s goal as the Predators (14-8-6) won for the fifth time in their last six games.
The Predators improved to 4-0-2 against the Southeast Division this season and 10-0-2 in their last 12 games against the division.
Suter scored his first goal of the season just 74 seconds into the game when he beat Tomas Vokoun with a wrist shot from the edge of the left faceoff circle. Weber’s tally came on a blast from the top of the right faceoff circle at 16:49 of the first period.
Vokoun made 24 saves for the Panthers (13-15-0), who saw their three-game winning streak come to an end.
Joel Ward added an empty-net power-play goal with 54 seconds left.
Florida | Nashville | |
N/A | Points | Ryan Suter 2 |
N/A | Goals | Ryan Suter 1 |
N/A | Assists | Ryan Suter 1 |
N/A | Power Play Goals | Joel Ward 1 |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Tomas Vokoun .923 | Save Percentage | Anders Lindback 1.000 |
Tomas Vokoun 24 | Saves | Anders Lindback 22 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Florida | 22 | 0 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 12 | 29 |
Nashville | 27 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 6 | 18 |