The Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday, snapping a three-game skid behind a goal and an assist from Filip Forsberg. Nashville got goals from five different players and improved to 3-2-3 on the season.
Jack Drury scored his first goal for Nashville in the third period to cap the scoring, while Jonathan Marchessault converted a penalty shot to tie the game early. Jimmy Snuggerud and Philip Broberg scored for St. Louis, which fell to 3-4-1.
Key Moments: How Nashville Pulled Away
Broberg opened the scoring for St. Louis at 6:21 of the first period, finishing a Mason McTavish feed for his first goal of the season. Nashville answered quickly. Marchessault tied it 1-1 at 8:40 after Jordan Binnington was called for throwing his stick while the Predators had a power play, drawing a penalty shot that Marchessault converted.
Forsberg put Nashville ahead at 12:22 of the first, gathering a loose puck after Stamkos’s backhand miss and scoring with a wraparound at the left post for a 2-1 lead. Adam Edstrom scored short-handed off a Josi feed at 7:05 of the second to make it 3-1. Snuggerud cut it to 3-2 at 7:36 on a backdoor pass from Jake Neighbours.
Ryan O’Reilly followed up his own rebound to make it 4-2 at 2:50 of the third period. Jack Drury extended the lead to 5-2 at 8:14 when a Josi pass from the left side deflected off his skate at the back post.
Top Performers
Forsberg finished with a goal and an assist. Roman Josi, Steven Stamkos and Adam Wilsby each had two assists for Nashville. Juuse Saros stopped 24 of 26 shots to earn the win in net.
Edstrom scored short-handed. Drury scored in his first game with the Predators after joining them in a June 24 trade with Colorado.
For St. Louis, Broberg’s goal was his first of the season and Snuggerud’s power-play strike was his fourth. Binnington turned away 19 of 24 shots in the loss.
Nashville blocked 20 shots to St. Louis’s four and went 1-for-1 on the power play. St.
Louis was 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
What It Means
The win was Nashville’s first in four games. The Predators improved to 1-1-1 on their three-game homestand. St.
Louis dropped its final two games of a three-game road trip to fall to 3-4-1. Nashville now leads the season series 1-0.
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