Filip Forsberg has 2 goals, Juuse Saros gets shutout in Predators' 5th straight win, 3-0 over Kings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored two goals, Juuse Saros made 30 saves in his 28th career shutout and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.
Key points
- Saros finished his first shutout of the season with 13 saves in the third period against the Kings' improved effort.
- Filip Forsberg scored again in the second when Hoglander flipped the puck to him from the boards for an awkward shot that surprised Anton Forsberg.
- Anton Forsberg stopped 27 shots for the Kings, who were shut out for the first time this season.
After a slow offensive start to the season, Filip Forsberg has six goals in his last eight games, including two multigoal games in the past two weeks.
Additional details
- Nils Hoglander had two assists and Adam Wilsby got an empty-net goal in the Predators' opener of a five-game West Coast road trip.
- Wilsby's empty-netter, which came on a clearing attempt that took a fortuitous bounce off the boards, was only the third goal of his NHL career and the first since Dec.
- Blake was named the Predators' executive vice president of hockey operations in June.
- Former Kings general manager and defenseman Rob Blake was in attendance.
- Kings: Host New York Islanders on Thursday night.
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