Sam Reinhart scored in his fifth straight game, Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and Aleksander Barkov had three assists for the Panthers (10-3-1), who have won nine of their last 11 games (9-1- 1). and played their first game since beating the Dallas Stars in the NHL Global Series Finland on Saturday.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 16 saves for his fourth straight victory.

Steven Stamkos and Juuso Parssinen scored for the Predators (4-9-1), who suffered a 3-2 loss at the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, losing three straight and losing five of six. Scott Wedgewood made 28 saves.

Reinhart gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 3:33 of the first period with his 11th goal of the season, and Tkachuk made it 2-0 at 5:14.

Rodrigues made it 3-0 at 1:56 of the second period, scoring his third straight goal with a wrist shot from the right circle.

Verhaeghe made it 4-0 with a power play goal (11:18) by blocking a shot from Balinskis with his backhand.

Stamkos cut the lead to 4-1 with a one-timer on the power play off a pass from Roman Josi at 13:52.

Verhaeghe made it 5-1 at 19:32 and scored at 19:32 after a cross-ice pass from Barkov.

Nosek’s first goal extended the Panthers’ lead to 6-1 after Nate Schmidt’s cross-ice feed deflected off his skate and past Wedgewood.

Parssinen made it 6-2 just 28 seconds later by deflecting Marc Del Gaizo’s point shot past Bobrovsky from the slot.