Final
Panthers rally past Predators
Jan 14, 2011 - 5:02 AM Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - David Booth posted the game-winner with a little more than four minutes left in the contest, as Florida pulled out a 3-2 decision over Nashville at BankAtlantic Center.Radek Dvorak and Rostislav Olesz also tallied for the Panthers, who have won two in a row following three straight losses.
Scott Clemmensen stopped 27 shots for the victory.
David Legwand and Colin Wilson hit the net for the Predators, whose six-game win streak was stopped.
Pekka Rinne allowed three goals on 34 shots in the loss.
On the deciding score, Olesz left a drop pass for Booth, who beat Rinne low to the glove side with 4:12 to play.
Nashville gambled, pulling Rinne with just under two minutes to play but failed to net an equalizer.
Dvorak gave the Panthers a lead just 3:22 into the contest when he finished off a 2-on-1 with Marty Reasoner by tapping in his pass from the left side.
Wilson countered for the Preds at 10:50, as he was on the doorstep to convert a Legwand pass from behind the net.
Legwand put the visitors ahead just after the midway point of the second period as he hit the far side on a low wrister from the right circle.
Olesz knotted the score roughly 3 1/2 minutes later.
Game Notes
Florida snapped a three-game losing streak to Nashville dating back to December 2008...The Preds had won five of six over the Panthers, since October 2007, coming in...Clemmensen earned just his second win since early December.
- NASHVILLE: 2
FLORIDA: 3
Final
Jan 13 10:03 PM - NASHVILLE: 1
FLORIDA: 1
End of 2nd
Jan 13 9:02 PM - NASHVILLE: 1
FLORIDA: 1
End of 1st
Jan 13 8:10 PM - Florida Goal - Radek Dvorak (6), from Marty Reasoner and Cory Stillman at 3:22.
Predators 0, Panthers 1 1st - 16:38Jan 13 7:41 PM - NASHVILLE: 0
FLORIDA: 0
1st Period - 20:00
Jan 13 7:38 PM
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