National Hockey League
Nashville 6, Minnesota 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 18, 2025
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Chris Rooney, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Ben O'Quinn
Attendance: 17615

Filip Forsberg's first four-point game of the season helped the Nashville Predators pick up a 6-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday.

One game after netting his 300th goal, Forsberg scored two more and added two assists. He has six goals in his past five games.

Colton Sissons, Brady Skjei, Steven Stamkos and Fedor Svechkov also tallied goals for the Predators. Roman Josi had two assists, and Juuse Saros made 27 saves.

Matt Boldy led the Wild, who lost their third game in a row, with a goal and an assist. David Jiricek also scored for Minnesota, earning his first point for the Wild in his fifth game with the team. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 Nashville shots.

The Wild took a 1-0 lead with 13:37 left in the first period on a 2-on-1 rush that started from a missed Predators shot. Marco Rossi's pass to Boldy led to Jiricek's goal.

Nashville took control from there. Sissons tied the game less than two minutes later, and it stayed even until Minnesota's Brock Faber, playing for the first time since Jan. 7, committed a roughing penalty with 4:24 left in the period.

In the closing seconds of the two-minute power-play, Ryan O'Reilly tried to pass the puck to Forsberg, but it was deflected. As the puck trickled into the slot, Forsberg got his stick on it to get it under Fleury for the lead. Josi also got an assist.

The goal, Forsberg's 81st on the power play, broke a record he held with Shea Weber.

Forsberg and Josi set up Stamkos 54 seconds into the third. Stamkos redirected Forsberg's shot into the slot and under a sliding Fleury for his fourth goal in the last three games.

Svechkov's goal came just 1:13 later. Tommy Novak forced a turnover in the corner behind the Wild's net, and he fed his teammate, who skated toward Fleury unchecked.

Boldy cut into Nashville's lead on a power play with 17:32 left in the third. His first shot led to Soros losing his stick after colliding with Josi. Mats Zuccarello fed Boldy, who had a wide-open net on his second try.

Forsberg added his second to ice the game with 3:40 remaining, with Skeji getting an empty-netter, assisted by Forsberg and Jonathan Marchessault, with 1:49 left to give the Predators their first six-goal game of the season.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Minnesota   Nashville
Matt Boldy 2 Points Filip Forsberg 4
Matt Boldy 1 Goals Filip Forsberg 2
Matt Boldy 1 Assists Filip Forsberg 2
Matt Boldy 1 Power Play Goals Filip Forsberg 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Marc-Andre Fleury .865 Save Percentage Juuse Saros .931
Marc-Andre Fleury 32 Saves Juuse Saros 27
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Minnesota 29 2 1-4 2-3 21 30
Nashville 38 6 1-3 3-4 23 37
Upcoming Games
  • Nashville will play their next game at home against San Jose. The Predators have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .333 after a loss.
  • Minnesota will play their next game on the road against Colorado. The Wild have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .611 after a loss.