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Nashville Predators vs Florida Panthers Recap - Predators Win 6-5

Matt Duchene scored a pair of goals against the Panthers as Nashville handed Florida a 6-5 defeat on Thursday at BB&T Center.

Nashville won as a -110 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Matt Duchene(2), Filip Forsberg(2), Calle Jarnkrok, and Roman Josi each scored for the Predators in the victory. Forsberg opened the scoring for Nashville.

Pekka Rinne stopped 12 of 12 Florida shots in the victory.

Florida got goals from Jonathan Huberdeau(3), Aleksander Barkov, and Aaron Ekblad in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 35 of 41 shots for the Panthers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Nashville went 2-for-4, while the Panthers were 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Florida lost the shots on goal battle to Nashville by a margin of 41-36.