Preview/Game Thread: Nashville Predators vs. Florida Panthers 4/26/21: The End is Nigh
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The Nashville Predators return home to Bridgestone Arena tonight after a three-game week, all of those coming against the Chicago Blackhawks. Awaiting them will be the Florida Panthers, who continue to fight with the Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning for the top seed in the Central Division. With the amount of games left being sparse enough that you can count them on two hands, both of these clubs desperately need the two points at stake.
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Head Coach Joel Quenneville and his Cats are 5-2-1 in their past seven games; the two-game splits against the Lightning and Hurricanes that Florida has had in the past week shows how hotly contested that one-seed is in the Central. While the Predators have looked much better in recent games, you don’t have to be a non-biased observer to understand why a team would rather face Nashville tha
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