Tanner Jeannot scored two third-period goals and Mikael Granlund added the go-ahead score as the resilient Nashville Predators ended a four-game losing streak by rallying for a 6-4 victory over the host Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla.
Granlund's game-winner came with 5:31 remaining, giving Nashville its first lead after it had tied the score three times. Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi and Yakov Trenin also scored for Nashville, which won a road game for the first time since Jan. 25 at Seattle.
David Rittich made 44 saves for the Predators in just his seventh start of the season.
Sam Reinhart, Radko Gudas, Aaron Ekblad and Sam Bennett scored for the Panthers, who saw their nine-game home winning streak come to an end and lost for just the fourth time in 27 home games this season.
Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists to give him an NHL-best 55 on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky had 27 saves for the Panthers, losing a game for just the second time since Jan. 6.
After Bennett gave the Panthers a 4-3 lead at 8:11 of the third period, the Predators went on the attack. Jeannot tied it 4-4 at 10:41 on a short-handed goal. It was the third tie of the game after Nashville got even 1-1 in the first period and 3-3 in the second.
Granlund gave the Predators the lead for good on the power play at 14:29 of the third period. Jeannot added an empty-net goal, his 17th score of the season, at 18:28.
The Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead 6:45 into the game when Reinhart scored off a pass from Huberdeau. The Predators tied it when Forsberg answered at 12:06 with his team-leading 26th goal of the season.
Florida appeared to take control in the second period. Gudas gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead just under two minutes into the period, and Ekblad made it 3-1 seven minutes later, on his 14th goal of the season and his fourth in his past four games.
But the Predators had it tied up again less than two minutes later. Josi pulled Nashville within a goal less than a minute after Ekblad scored. Just 37 seconds later, Nashville tied it 3-3 when Trenin scored his 12th of the season.
--Field Level Media
Nashville | Florida | |
Filip Forsberg 3 | Points | Sam Reinhart 2 |
Tanner Jeannot 2 | Goals | Sam Reinhart 1 |
Filip Forsberg 2 | Assists | Jonathan Huberdeau 2 |
Mikael Granlund 1 | Power Play Goals | Sam Reinhart 1 |
Tanner Jeannot 1 | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
David Rittich .917 | Save Percentage | Sergei Bobrovsky .844 |
David Rittich 44 | Saves | Sergei Bobrovsky 27 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Nashville | 33 | 6 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 6 | 38 |
Florida | 48 | 4 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 6 | 24 |