NHL Highlights | Predators vs. Panthers – December 4, 2025

NHL Highlights | Predators vs. Panthers – December 4, 2025

Come here. Opening faceoff sponsored by Rooms to go. We are back at it and underway. Three and four days at home for the Panthers. Couple of day games coming up this weekend for you. We’ll have it on script sports. Bennett turns, has a chance in the slot, sets up Sabrango, but it’s too far now. Sabrango sends it right through the blue. Verhagy in front. Deflected stopped by Soros. Sabrango’s shot misses wide. Yesterday I said was he a burly winger or a playmaking center? He said it’s just a little little too early Goldie to decide whether couple days you can’t tell now a handful of years and there’s been a lot of lot of babies born now Panther locker a lot of new dads here’s a chance Babroski fought it off off the wing with Schaffer. Here’s the you you want your Panthers defense to be aggressive, but you see Sango got caught right there and it turns into a oddman rush and then a beautiful cross-sized pass leads into a a good scoring chance for the Predators right there. Sergey Babroski O’Reilly right in front. Forsber shoots. Sergey Babroski there with the glove with goals with nine. Look at they try and spread out the Panthers. They get the puck down low. Forsber takes his his ice and tries to go short side. But Sergey Babroski, look at that glove. Watch the glove. Forsber in the slot. Shoots off the post and off the caramel gets the clear. You only have three skaters on the ice, but here’s the shot that goes off the post on the glove side. Comes straight out and the Panthers were able. Rodriguez took a run at the puck. Morsling sends it around the board. Evangelista blocks it away. Centers and the shot by Marsha. So, and that’s stopped. Loaded toward the net. Knocked down. Yosi picks it up. Stolen away by Samoske. Here’s Lundell and it’s off the post. Oh, Lundell ripped that shot. Just stay together. Stay close to each other to help each other out. Look at the Panthers how close they are. Oh, that’s good work by Nico Mikola. Physical. And it’s Bennett at the blue line. Bennett towards the net. Sorrows the save. Oh, hey is denied right here. Look at Bennett. The shot. There’s the deflection. Mik is in and then Burhaggy. He’s got Soros dead. The rights, but that right pad just saves it from a certain goal. He was blocked away. And Wood has a chance moving in and Babski robbed him. Oh, Wood, who’s got seven goals on the season, denied. Here comes Bennett with Verhigi. Bennett looks in fronti. Oh, just call him for daddy. How about that? The new pups finds the back of the net behind the Panthers defense. Babroski made good work of that. Twoon one and Bennett just puts it right to Verhagy. gets it on the back hand. Sorrows already was committed. Oh, the steal here by Yosi. Shot from up high. Oh, what a stop by Babski. It was redirected and he reached out and made the glove save. Here’s a good angle from behind the net. Shot deflects off of Hecklad’s stick, but Babroski just eyes it there. He recognizes it’s changing direction. He’s in good position with his glove hand here to Florida. And well, you know the whole story. Faceoff is sponsored by Rooms to Go. Stanley Cup hero Sam Reinhardt. A little twoon one. Now it’s Samuskevich moving in to the net. He shoots and Sorrowos makes the stop. Done. Here they come right back with Samuskevich. Look at how the confidence in his ability. Forsber moves in. Pass in front. Babski made the save. It’s loose at the net and the backhander. Nico Mika saved the goal. And now Babski’s got it. Yeah, you’d think it’s going to be Seri Babroski right there, but Nikico Mika comes in with a long reach and robs a sure goal from Steven Stamos. away. It’s a fouron-one break and Bunding’s pass is blocked by Eklad. Here’s Bunding shooting. Broski the save and the rebound. He stopped that as well. Scoring chances. Oddman rush by the Predators and the Panthers just get the goalender stickless. Panthers look to take advantage. Reinhardt Bennett Reinhardt with a chance. That’s off the pipe. Panthers second one here. Reinhardt again. a shot and Jones reloads. Reinhardt out in front of the net forgi turns. Now it’s Reinhardt all alone and Sorrowos stops him. He was begging for the call there. Marian for Bennett sweeps out in front of Chance. Sorrowos made the stop for Hades wraparound is stopped and then Bennett denied again. Reinhardt and look at Bennett just comes out in front over the goal line because he sees there’s going to be some daylight there and then he follows up. Bunking’s got the puck past Hey. Look out off the bench. Breakaway. AJ Greer moves in. Sorrows a couple of saves. And then here’s the breakaway by AJ Greer. Just came off the bench. Tries to go five hole and then this one is no exception. The faceoff sponsored by Rooms to Go. Here we go in the third. [Applause] Blankenburgg. Here’s Wood. Evangelista now. Wood shoots. Babski the save. It’s loose and they score. Other end. The big scramble out in front. There’s the original shot from Wood and it goes off of Yosi. And then where’s the puck? The Panthers are looking for a whistle, but it was it got in behind Barski. Another look from behind the net. Still a one- nothing game. Predators in the offensive zone here and Babroski with a big save. He scrolls out and stops bumping on the follow as well. Lankenberg lost possession. Luke Cunning is there. Cunning ahead. Bennett tries to get to it. Bennett and it goes wide. Bennett again. The wraparound attempt stopped by a diving Soros. take penalties, but they continue to create the scoring chances. Look at how he sees an opening, turns on the after burners, goes to the back end, but that puck was on the edge and there’s the follow [Applause] from the point. Pass down the boards, bunting out in front and they score. Ryan O’Reilly has tied the game with 619 to go. Just watch this play go down low. Okay, stop it right there. All right, you’re going to see cuz Forsling’s got his man. So, Eklad is going to put the pressure here and that allows the puck to come right across. All right, run it. Babroski makes the first save, but then just poked in on the short side. There it is. Roman Yosi Hey up ahead. O’Reilly’s got a step moving in and Babarovski with a huge stop. O’Reilly on the rebound. Again, Panthers, their defense got split up there and a perfect pass up the middle to O’Reilly. didn’t have full control of it. But either way, the concentration of Babroski kicks it out. Here’s Wandell looking for one at the buzzer out in front. Taken away by O’Reilly and Soros. A save and we are going overtime. Play. One other one went to a shootout. They won that faceoff sponsored by Rooms to Go. Panthers have it first. Jones Marshes now it’s the young centerman. Svetchkov gets free gets to the net. Save Babski. Here’s Bennett through center. Bennett Forsling to the net and it goes high. Oh, what a chance there. And now here come the Predators the other way. Roman Yosi drop pass. O’Reilly out in front. They score. They will count that even though the net was dislodged. It signaled a goal on the ice. Yeah, Forsling lost his balance and went crashing in behind. Sended it down the other way and then quick puck movement. Yosi drops it back to O’Reilly. Bennett breaks it up for a moment and then they hit the trailers. You see Forsling couldn’t stop himself and then Stampos gets the winner in overtime. Well, they’ll take another look at it because obviously the net was dislodged before the puck went in the net. So, it has ruled a goal on the ice though. Referee discretion on this. [Music]

Juuse Saros made 30 saves and Steven Stamkos delivered the game-winning goal as the Nashville Predators took a 2-1 overtime win over the Florida Panthers.

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