Greer’s two goals, assist lead Panthers over reeling Predators 8-3

NASHVILLE Tenn AP A J Greer scored twice and added an assist Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and two assists apiece and the Florida Panthers beat the Nashville Predators - on Monday night Gustav Forsling Evan Rodrigues Jesper Boqvist and Sam Bennett also scored and Daniil Tarasov made saves for Florida winners of three of their last four games Filip Forsberg Fedor Svechkov and Nick Blankenburg scored and Juuse Saros and Justus Annunen combined to make saves for Nashville losers of eight of nine and in last place overall in the NHL Florida scored a season-high eight goals for the second time in a week Reinhart extended his point-scoring streak to seven games He has six goals and seven assists over that stretch Greer scored the event s first goal just seconds after the opening faceoff In Saturday night s loss to the Colorado Avalanche the Predators surrendered the first goal just seconds into the first period also on the competition s first shot Rodrigues made it - at of the first finding a rebound on the left side After being shut out in two consecutive games Forsberg snapped a Predator stretch without a goal when he redirected Luke Evangelista s shot past Tarasov Svechkov scored his first of the season at of the first briefly tying the event before Boqvist gave Florida a - lead seconds later Bennett made it - with left in the first when an attempted clear by Svechkov hit his skate and past a surprised Saros Forsling s goal at of the second ended the night for Saros who stopped of the shots he faced Blankenburg s power-play goal at of the third drew Nashville to within two but Greer restored the three-goal lead at Annunen made six saves Up next Panthers host the Philadelphia Flyers Wednesday night Predators visit the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday night AP NHL https apnews com hub nhl Source