Panthers recover, defeat Predators in shootout

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueKyle Turris skates in and fires a wrist shot, but Sam Montembeault stands tall to make the save and seal a shootout win for the PanthersNASHVILLE -- Sam Montembeault made 25 saves through overtime and three more in the shootout for the Florida Panthers in a 3-2 win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.Vincent Trocheck scored the only goal in the shootout for Florida (3-2-3), which has a point in five straight games (2-0-3)."We didn't play our best throughout some of the periods of the game, but we stuck with it," Panthers forward Brett Connolly said. … I thought we played hard in the third to come back and get a point."Video: FLA@NSH: Trocheck beats Rinne in SO with backhanderJosi cut it to 2-1 at 9:07 on a one-timer from the right point following a face-off win by Matt Duchene."I think we had a lot of chances and a lot of zone time," Josi said. After receiving a stretch pass from Ryan Ellis, who had two assists for the fourth straight game, Turris skated into the zone and got around Panthers defenseman MacKenzie Weegar before shooting over Montembeault's left shoulder.Video: FLA@NSH: Turris roofs wrister for power-play goalMontembeault stopped Duchene, Ryan Johansen and Turris in the shootout."I felt really good today," Montembeault said. "Going into the shootout, counting last year, I went into a shootout in [three] of my last [four] starts and haven't won in a shootout in almost two years, so it was important for me to win this one." Denis Malgin gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 13:33 of the second period on the power play, taking a cross-ice pass from Trocheck and beating Rinne from low in the left face-off circle."I like how [Malgin] comes through the middle and he's got some speed, and all of the sudden you go through coverage and he's in the zone, and the options open up for him," Florida coach Joel Quenneville said.