NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators won their fifth game in a row Tuesday night, shutting out the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 at Crypto.com Arena in California behind two goals from Filip Forsberg and a 30-save night from goalie Juuse Saros. The result lifted Nashville to 9-4-5, good for 23 points.
Forsberg opened the scoring at 5:20 of the first period with a snap shot, set up by Nils Hoglander. He struck again at 10:32 of the second, another snap shot, with Hoglander and Brady Skjei picking up assists. Those two goals took his season total to seven, and Hoglander’s pair of helpers pushed him to four assists for the year.
Adam Wilsby added the third goal with a wrist shot at 17:43 of the third period, the first of his season. Nashville scored once in each period, finishing 1-1-1 across the three frames.
Saros turned away every shot he faced, 30 in all, 26 at even strength, three on the power play and one while Nashville was short-handed, for the 28th shutout of his career. Both teams put 30 shots on goal, but only Nashville found the net. Ryan O’Reilly won 9 of 14 faceoffs.
The Kings fell to 5-9-2 and have 12 points. The Predators are now 3-1-3 on the road this season. An announced crowd of 15,008 filled the arena in Los Angeles.
Hoglander assisted on both of Forsberg’s goals, and Skjei had the other assist. Mavrik Bourque led the Predators with five shots, while Shane Wright put four on net. Roman Josi logged the most ice time of any Nashville skater at 23:56, and Wilsby played 21:45 on defense. Steven Stamkos won six of his eight faceoffs.
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