Vincent Trocheck scored the only goal in the shootout, and backup goalie Sam Montembeault denied all three Nashville attempts, leading the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 victory over the host Predators on Saturday night. Trocheck roofed a backhander over Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne for the game winner, while Montembeault stuffed Matt Duchene, Ryan Johansen and Kyle Turris to nail down the victory. Denis Malgin and Brett Connolly scored for Florida, and Montembeault stopped 25 shots for his first win this season. Florida opened the scoring on Malgin’s power-play goal from the left circle with 13:33 expired in the second period. Florida extended its lead to 2-0 on Connolly’s goal with 51 seconds left in the second period.

Source: National Post October 20, 2019 03:00 UTC