Florida Panthers vs Nashville Predators: Game preview, predictions and odds

Florida Panthers vs Nashville Predators: Game preview, predictions and odds | February 25, 2025

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The Florida Panthers travel to play the Nashville Predators on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

Florida (34-21-3) is coming off a 2–1 loss to Seattle, while Nashville (20-29-7) is coming off a 5–0 loss to New Jersey.

Panthers vs Predators: Head-to-head & key stats

Florida is 23-15-3-6 all-time against Nashville
The Panthers are averaging 3.26 goals per game
Nashville is 14-11-3 at home
Florida is allowing 2.87 goals per game
The Predators are averaging 2.58 goals per game
The Panthers are 17-11-1 on the road
Nashville is allowing 3.3 goals per game

Florida Panthers vs Nashville Predators: Preview

Florida is coming off a loss to Seattle in its first game after the break, and its star forward Matthew Tkachuk is out. The Panthers are led by Sma Reinhart, who has 62 points, Aleksander Barkov, 52, Carter Verhaeghe, 43, and Anton Lundell, 37.

The Panthers will start Sergei Bobrovsky who has a 23-13-2 record with a 2.65 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage. In his career against Nashville, he's 11-10-1 with a 3.12 GAA and a .900 SV%.

Nashville, meanwhile, is coming off a shutout loss to New Jersey. The Predators will start Juuse Saros who is 12-23-6 with a 2.90 GAA and a .900 SV%. In his career against Florida, he's 3-8 with a 2.74 GAA and a .926 SV%.

The Predators are led by Filip Forsberg, who has 53 points, Jonathan Marchessault, 45, Roman Josi, 38, and Ryan O'Reilly, 34.

Panthers vs Predators: Odds & prediction

Florida is a -148 favorite, while Nashville is a +124 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

Nashville hasn't played well this season, so the Panthers, even without Tkachuk, should be able to get a big win here. Bobrovsky should be able to limit the Predators' offense, which has struggled this season.

The Panthers have a potent offense, so Florida should get an early lead and hang on for a big win.

Prediction: Panthers 4, Predators 2.

Panthers vs Predators: Betting tips

Tip 1: Florida ML (-148)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-130)

Tip 3: Carter Verhaeghe 4+ shots on goal (+140)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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