"I thought it was maybe not our best effort for 60 minutes, but we found a way to win," Forsberg said. "Obviously, we got big goals at the right time, especially [Sissons] there at the end with a great shot. Sometimes it's got to be like that, and we'll take the two points."
Special teams certainly played a role in the ultimate result, and no sequence on Thursday night was more important than a late kill from Nashville with less than five minutes to play in regulation. A huge shot block from Benning helped to seal the kill, and then the blueliner found Sissons, who was almost out of gas, streaking up the right side.
But yet, a heart-and-soul player for the Preds night after night, Sissons found enough umph to fire a shot to the top corner as those inside Bridgestone Arena seemed to let out a collective sigh of relief, another critical contest all but done.
"That was a good one," Preds defenseman Mattias Ekholm said of the sequence. "We got some huge shot blocks, Benny there sacrificing his body… Again, we're at that time of year where we need those. It was a great job on the kill. Obviously, special teams was a big factor tonight and we got one on the power play. As I said earlier, it was a good team effort, and it was good all around. A lot of areas contributed, so that was good to see."