Forsberg has 2 goals and an assist to lead Predators over Blues, 6-3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist, Juuse Saros made 44 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Thursday night to snap a three-game losing streak.
Roman Josi, Anthony Beauvillier, Michael McCarron and Mark Jankowski also scored goals and Gustav Nyquist had three assists for Nashville.
Brandon Saad, Jake Neighbours and Jordan Kyrou scored and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves for St. Louis, losers of two of their last three.
Nashville sits atop the Western Conference’s wild-card standings with 92 points, eight clear of third place St. Louis. Both teams have played 76 games. The Predators swept the three-game season series with the Blues.
Josi scored the game’s first goal just 31 seconds after the opening faceoff.
Coming down the right side on a two-on-one with Nyquist, Josi looked at his teammate before snapping a wrist shot between Binnington’s pads for his 20th goal of the season.
Saad tied it at 7:27 of the first, scoring from the slot after forcing a turnover by Ryan O’Reilly on the left boards.
Forsberg scored a power-play goal at 1:13 of the second.
Beauvillier scored a power-play goal with 29.6 seconds remaining in the second, giving Nashville a two-goal lead heading into the third.
It was Beauvillier’s first goal as a Predator after being acquired from Chicago at the trade deadline. He was a healthy scratch in Nashville’s last three games.
McCarron scored at 4:09 of the third, and Neighbours cut the Blues’ deficit to two at 6:21.
Kyrou scored a power-play goal with 2-:15 left to make it 4-3. Binnington was pulled for an extra attacker on the power play, giving the Blues a 6-on-4 skater advantage, but Forsberg scored an empty-netter with 1:44 remaining to seal the game.
The goal was Forsberg's 43rd of the season, which is a career high and ties Matt Duchene's Nashville franchise record.
Jankowski scored a short-handed empty-net goal with 36.5 seconds remaining to account for the final score.
UP NEXT
Blues: Visit San Jose on Saturday night.
Predators: Visit New York Islanders on Saturday night.
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