Florida Panthers at Nashville Predators

Tue, Feb 25, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

4 – 1

Final

Nashville Predators

The Florida Panthers beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena. Aleksander Barkov led the way with 2 points. Spencer Knight made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–18.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	1	1	2	4	25
NSH	0	0	1	1	18

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:23	FLA	PP	Sam Bennett (19) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (32), Aleksander Barkov (39)	1–0
2nd	04:21	FLA	EV	Justin Sourdif (1) · wrist	Jesper Boqvist (10), Niko Mikkola (15)	2–0
3rd	04:30	NSH	EV	Michael McCarron (3) · backhand	Colton Sissons (10), Cole Smith (6)	2–1
3rd	09:02	FLA	EV	Gustav Forsling (9) · wrist	Aaron Ekblad (24), Aleksander Barkov (40)	3–1
3rd	15:34	FLA	EV	Mackie Samoskevich (9) · backhand	Sam Bennett (18)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:58	NSH	Michael McCarron	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	02:43	FLA	A.J. Greer	hooking	2
1st	11:40	NSH	Gustav Nyquist	tripping	2
1st	18:28	NSH	Luke Evangelista	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	02:00	NSH	Michael McCarron	fighting	5
2nd	02:00	FLA	Jonah Gadjovich	fighting	5
2nd	10:22	FLA	Sam Bennett	boarding	2
2nd	13:31	NSH	Cole Smith	high sticking	2
3rd	05:33	NSH	Colton Sissons	high sticking	2
3rd	06:15	NSH	Cole Smith	fighting	5
3rd	06:15	FLA	Sam Bennett	fighting	5
3rd	15:19	NSH	Filip Forsberg	cross checking	2
3rd	15:19	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	cross checking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: FLA 3.61 · NSH 1.91 · xG% FLA 65.4

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Aleksander Barkov	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	47.4	21:12	29
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	1	2	+1	7	3	2	1	16.7	16:03	21
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	50.0	23:51	29
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1		23:07	29
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		19:36	25
42	Gustav Forsling	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2		18:51	25
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	75.0	15:28	23
25	Mackie Samoskevich	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		15:17	21
24	Justin Sourdif	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		9:27	15
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:41	24
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:25	25
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	36.4	17:24	24
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		17:07	22
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	100.0	14:28	19
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:01	20
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	77.8	10:22	15
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		10:08	17
12	Jonah Gadjovich	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2		7:47	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Spencer Knight	W	18	17	1	.944	59:45

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	3	55.6	13:25	22
47	Michael McCarron	C	1	0	1	+1	7	2	1	1	18.2	13:05	20
36	Cole Smith	R	0	1	1	+1	7	0	1	1		11:21	19
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23:03	28
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		22:41	29
8	Andreas Englund	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4		19:10	23
20	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		18:53	25
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2		18:48	21
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	18:27	22
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0		17:47	28
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	68.4	17:39	26
2	Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		17:04	25
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1		16:26	22
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:39	16
82	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	100.0	13:46	19
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		13:37	18
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	0		12:18	16
26	Kieffer Bellows	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		6:40	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	L	25	21	4	.840	59:46