Forsberg’s goal, assist lead Preds over Leafs 6-3

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eeli Tolvanen, Filip Forsberg and Matt Duchene every had a aim and an help to guide the Nashville Predators to a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night time.

Tanner Jeannot, Mattias Ekholm and Yakov Trenin additionally scored for the Predators, who’ve received three of 4. Juuse Saros made 38 saves, Roman Josi had three assists and Colton Sissons added two.

Mitchell Marner had two targets and an help for the Maple Leafs. Auston Matthews added a aim and an help, and Erik Kallgren made 28 saves for Toronto, which received its earlier two video games.

Forsberg’s aim at 12:11 of the third interval gave him 33 on the season and 211 for his profession, setting a Nashville report.

Jeannot scored first at 13:46 of the opening interval.

Sissons carried the puck into the Toronto zone on the suitable facet and lower to the center. He discovered Jeannot skating on the left facet and he beat Kallgren with a wrist shot excessive to the far facet.

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Tolvanen made it 2-0 at 1:48 of the second when he redirected Jeremy Davies’ shot from the left level by Kallgren.

Marner halved the Nashville lead at 8:04 of the second.

The Predators regained a two-goal lead at 10:52 of the second when Ekholm linked on a one-timer from the suitable boards off a feed from Alexandre Service.

At 3:41 of the third, Matthews collected the rebound of his personal shot and beat Saros simply contained in the left publish to attract the Maple Leafs inside a aim.

Duchene scored off a rebound of Forsberg’s shot at 14:09 of the third. The aim was Duchene’s thirty third of the season, setting a profession excessive.

Marner scored once more at 15:19 of the third and Trenin added an empty-net aim within the closing minute.

RECORD-BREAKING GOAL

Forsberg’s aim broke the franchise report beforehand held by David Legwand. Saturday was Forsberg’s 546th recreation performed, whereas Legwand set his mark in 956 video games.

MATTHEWS RETURNS

Matthews performed his first recreation since serving a two-game suspension for cross-checking Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin within the neck in final Sunday’s Heritage Basic.

Matthews scored his NHL-leading forty sixth aim of the season early within the third interval Saturday. He has 11 factors (9 targets, two assists) in his final six video games.

KASE INJURED

Toronto proper wing Ondrej Kase left early within the second interval after a neutral-zone collision with Nashville’s Matt Duchene.

Later within the interval, the Maple Leafs introduced Kase wouldn’t return to the sport for precautionary causes.

DEFENSIVE MOVES

Nashville recalled defensemen Davies and Matt Tennyson from Milwaukee of the AHL and inserted them into the lineup because the staff’s third pairing. In corresponding strikes, the Predators positioned blueliners Matt Benning and Mark Borowiecki on injured reserve.

Borowiecki has missed Nashville’s final seven video games resulting from a lower-body damage. Benning has missed two video games with an upper-body damage.

Nashville additionally positioned defenseman Philippe Myers on waivers.

UP NEXT

Predators: Go to the Anaheim Geese to start a three-game street journey Monday.

Maple Leafs: Host the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.

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