The Nashville Predators’ six-game 2023 preseason schedule has a heavy Florida flavor, as usual.
The Predators will begin the preseason slate with a split-squad doubleheader in Sunrise, Fla., against the Florida Panthers. This will be the 11th time in the last 12 years the teams will play such a schedule. It will also mark new Predators head coach and former Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette’s first game behind the bench for Nashville.
Two more games against a team from Florida will follow, both against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Predators will close out the preseason with a home-and-home against the Carolina Panthers.
Predators rookie camp is scheduled to begin Sept. 13 in Nashville, with the group heading to Estero, Fla. on Sept. 15-18 for a rookie tournament before returning to Nashville for the team’s main training camp.
2023 Nashville Predators preseason schedule
Sept. 25, split-squad doubleheader at Florida Panthers, 1 p.m., 5 p.m
Sept. 27 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning, 7 p.m
Sept. 30 at Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 p.m
Oct. 5 vs. Carolina Hurricanes, 7 p.m
Oct. 6 at Carolina Hurricanes, 6 p.m
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