Forsberg’s Hattrick Leads Nashville to Victory Over St. Louis

NEW YORK. Filip Forsberg unsecured the Revolvers and completed a hat trick in St Louis last night,

Then there is usually more to come…

– Historically it has been like that and we play again on Wednesday so hopefully it will continue in the same way then, says Nashville’s goal king to Sportbladet after the 5-2 victory against the Blues.

It was clear early on that it was a hot Filip Forsberg who came to the Enterprise Center for the fight against the division rival St Louis Blues.

Already in the first change, after only 27 seconds, he appeared in front of Joel Hofer and slammed in 1-0.

– It’s always good for self-confidence to get a start like that and score straight away, says the 31-year-old maser when we catch up with him in Missouri after the final whistle.

– Then we had full pressure for two minutes in their zone in a power play in the second period and in the end I managed to break them with what can perhaps be called a pull shot, hehe. In the end, I had to make another one in an empty box and that’s always nice.

Especially as it often tends to be a domino effect when it comes loose like that for Mr. Forsberg, who now has 14 goals on his account and is thus second in the Swedish shooting league after Leo Carlsson. A hat-trick is often followed by more goals.

– Well, historically it has often been that way, so we’ll see. We play again on Wednesday so hopefully it will continue in the same way then, he agrees.

The most important thing, however, is that the Predators, after a difficult start to the season, started to win and in any case have a bit of a hold on the teams above the playoff line.
– We have played better ever since the matches in Sweden and also started to score points. In the past, it happened that we were decent but did not achieve the desired results. Now we win and then there will be a bit of a chain reaction, the confidence of the whole gang grows and then it keeps rolling, says Filip.

Second place Dallas quickly bounced back from Saturday’s 0-4 debacle against Florida and won tonight’s home game against LA 4-1.

Mikko Rantanen was responsible for the goal and assist, and the Värmland’s Oskar Bäck also directed a puck in.

Brady Tkachuk is back – for real. He became an overtime hero when Ottawa beat Winnipeg 3-2 during the night.

– It has been a struggle to come back after the injury, so I am very happy about this, he says.

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As always against in-state rival Tampa, the Florida Panthers were in an inspired mood in tonight’s derby at the Benchmark International Arena, winning 5-2 behind, among other things, two goals from former top scorer Sam Reinhart.

– Our best players were our best players tonight, says chief philosopher Paul Maurice.

Swedish defender Gustav Forsling was forced to leave the game in the third period after being hit by a Nikita Kucherov shot on one arm. He will be examined by a doctor on Tuesday.