Season Series: 0-0-0
All-Time Series: 7-4-6
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Common Thread:
Florida forward Marcel Goc played 124 games over two seasons for the Predators, totalling 21 goals, 33 assists, a plus-20 rating and 20 penalty minutes.
Panthers forward Mike Santorelli spent his first two NHL seasons with Nashville, in 32 games scoring two goals and one assist with a minus-13 rating and 10 penalty minutes.
Forward Jerred Smithson was recently acquired from the Predators by the Panthers. He spent 497 games over parts of seven seasons with the team, totalling 36 goals and 50 assists with a minus-30 rating and 313 penalty minutes.
Predators forward Niclas Bergfors played 20 games for the Panthers last season, scoring one goal and six assists with a plus-2 and two penalty minutes.
Team Milestones:
Goals:
Tomas Fleischmann currently has 20 goals, and will move into a tie with Jason Garrison in 49th with his next. Kris Versteeg sits in 48th, with 22.
Shawn Matthias moves past Mike Van Ryn into 45th with his next goal, number 26.
Mike Santorelli moves into a tie for 37th with Niklas Hagman if goal number 30 happens tonight.
Ed Jovanovski will tie Richard Zednik in 32nd with his 32nd goal.
Two more goals for Stephen Weiss will move him into a tie for fourth with Nathan Horton, at 142.
Assists:
Brian Campbell’s 40th assist will tie him in 49th with Terry Carkner.
Ed Jovanovski’s next assist will give him 61, moving him past Dave Lowry into 28th.
Team Leaders:
Games:
Mike Weaver, Brian Campbell, Tomas Fleischmann – 63
Goals:
Kris Versteeg – 22
Tomas Fleischmann – 20
Stephen Weiss – 16
Assists:
Brian Campbell – 39
Stephen Weiss – 30
Kris Versteeg – 27
Points:
Kris Versteeg – 49
Tomas Fleischmann, Stephen Weiss – 46
Plus/Minus:
Jason Garrison – plus-8
Stephen Weiss – plus-7
Mikael Samuelsson – plus-4
Point Shares:
Jose Theodore – 7.1
Jason Garrison – 6.7
Brian Campbell – 6.6
Kris Versteeg – 6.2
Stephen Weiss, Tomas Fleischmann – 5.3