NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Florida Panthers are getting used to seeing Trevor Kidd do spectacular things.

Kidd stopped 32 shots, including a Dominik Hasek-like save in the second period, and the Panthers beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 Saturday night.

"We've come to almost expect that from him," Panthers forward Peter Worrell said. "He's made a few of those this year."

With Florida clinging to a 2-1 lead early in the second, Patric Kjellberg had Kidd down on the ice. While flat on his back, Kidd reached over and caught Kjellberg's shot with his glove.

Kidd is 13-4-2 this season, and was coming off one of his few poor performances Friday at Dallas.

"Trevor's been playing phenomenal," Panthers captain Scott Mellanby said. "I don't know if we'd be so high up in the rankings if it wasn't for him."

Kidd played for Carolina the last two years, and was claimed by Atlanta in the expansion draft. The Panthers got him in a trade and signed him to a multi-year deal.

"So far, so good," Kidd said. "It's a lot of fun coming down to the rink."

Mark Parrish scored the eventual winning goal 2:33 into the third period, and Oleg Kvasha added two assists.

"It's a good goal to have," Parrish said. "It gives you a little bit of insurance. We gave up one, and we were still able to pull it out."

Parrish's wrist shot from the right side sailed over Tomas Vokoun's glove, giving the Panthers a 3-1 lead. Nashville's Patric Kjellberg cut that to 3-2 at 7:47 on the power play, barreling into the slot and pushing a pass from David Legwand by Kidd.

"Unfortunately, it's two nights in a row that we've played pretty well," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "We need our goaltenders to rise to the occasion."

Pavel Bure added an empty-net goal at 19:51 for the Southeast Division-leading Panthers, who have won three of their last four. The Panthers are 10-0-1 this season in games when Bure scores.

Nashville, which earlier this season went above .500 for the first time in franchise history, is 5-16-0-2 since and has dropped three straight.

"We're just finding ways to lose instead of finding ways to win," center Greg Johnson said. "I don't know what to say. We've just really struggled."

Radek Dvorak broke a 1-1 tie 12:20 into the opening period. Kvasha spotted Dvorak alone in the left circle, fed him from the right side and Dvorak put a wrist shot past Vokoun.

Ronning tied it 1-1 at 10:07 of the first. Defenseman Kimmo Timonen dropped a pass to Ronning behind the net, and Ronning skated into the left circle and put a backhand over Kidd.

Viktor Kozlov beat Vokoun from the blue line with a slap shot 3:17 into the game. Vokoun is 0-8-1 after winning 12 games last year.

Nashville just missed scoring in the second. Ronning's wraparound attempt was stopped by Panthers forward Ray Whitney after Kidd went down. Whitney covered the puck with his glove briefly in the crease before shoving it out. Ronning thought the play should have merited an automatic penalty shot, but despite a video replay, none was awarded.

After the game, NHL assistant director of officiating Charlie Bainfield agreed that referees Mick McGeough and Brad Meier made a mistake.

"To answer your question, that is a penalty shot," he said.