The Nashville Predators, who started this week with the worst penalty kill in the NHL, are set to visit the red-hot Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.
Nashville, which has lost two straight games -- both at the Tampa Bay Lightning -- has a penalty-kill success rate of just 64.9 percent. On Monday, the Predators allowed one power-play goal and fell behind 4-0 into the second period of what became a 5-2 loss.
"We did not have a great start," Predators captain Roman Josi said in an understatement. "I don't think the game was as bad as the score, but we gave (Tampa Bay) too many chances.