This win definitely is one that Joel Quenneville should be proud of. While a 3-2 win away from home against a division winner from last season looks impressive as it is, there were a lot of unexpected takeaways from this one.
For one, the Florida Panthers won a game with defense. If you’re a Panthers fan, you know how little we get to say that. Florida kept Nashville scoreless for the first 49 minutes of play, with blocked shot after blocked shot and save after save from Sam Montembeault.
Montembeault, who stopped 28 of 30 shots in open play, denied all three Predators shooters (Matt Duchene, Ryan Johansen, Kyle Turris) in the shootout.