Forsberg scores twice as Predators blank Kings 3-0

Player of the game

Filip Forsberg 2 G, 3 SOG

8.5

Filip Forsberg scored twice and the Predators shut out the Kings 3-0 at crypto.com Arena. Nashville got a goal in each period and never let Los Angeles score.

Forsberg opened the scoring at 5:20 of the first with a snap shot, his sixth goal of the season, set up by Nils Hoglander. He struck again at 10:32 of the second, another snap shot, for a 2-0 lead. Hoglander and Brady Skjei assisted. Forsberg finished with two goals on three shots and earned a Chirp Rating of 8.5. Hoglander had two assists.

Adam Wilsby sealed it at 17:43 of the third with a wrist shot for his first goal of the season, making it 3-0.

Nashville improves to 9-4-5 and 23 points. The Kings fall to 5-9-2 with 12 points. Chirp's Sim had favored Los Angeles at 54% over 10,000 simulations, but the Predators had other plans.

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