Forsberg propels Predators past Islanders

NASHVILLE -- Filip Forsberg scored two goals to help the Nashville Predators to a 5-2 win against the New York Islanders at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.

Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist and Ryan Johansen had two assists for the Predators (4-1-0), who scored three goals in 4:25 late in the first period. Juuse Saros made 20 saves.
"I think we played really good hockey, fast hockey," Forsberg said. "Kept it pretty simple and just got the pucks up quick through the neutral zone and obviously scored a couple goals off of those plays too. The first period] was a solid period."
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Brock Nelson and Andrew Ladd scored for the Islanders (2-2-0). Robin Lehner made 24 saves.
Jarnkrok gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 15:25 of the first period when he jammed a loose puck past Lehner for his first of the season.
Forsberg made it 2-0 at 16:37 of the first period on a shot from the left face-off circle.

Arvidsson gave the Predators a 3-0 lead with 9.2 seconds remaining in the first period on a shot from the right face-off circle. It was his third goal of the season.
"I saw [Johansen] beat his guy and I just tried to find that open space in the slot," Arvidsson said. "He managed to get it to me again and I just tried to rip it as hard as I could, and it went in."

Nelson made it 3-1 at 6:14 of the second period. He received a pass from Anders Lee and beat Saros for his first goal of the season and 100th of his NHL career.
Ladd scored at 12:02 of the second period on a one-timer from the left face-off circle to make it 3-2. It was Ladd's season debut; he missed the first three games because of an upper-body injury.

"The first game, I thought early it was fast for him," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. "And then I think he settled in pretty well, obviously. I thought he just kept getting better and better and got the goal. That was a real good shot, a good play by [Mathew Barzal]."
Turris gave the Predators a 4-2 lead at 4:32 of the third period on the power play. Roman Josi intercepted the puck and passed to Turris for his first goal.

"We're at home," Turris said. "Just carry the momentum we had from last game and come off to a good start, which we did. We had a little bit of a letdown in the second, but we found a way to finish it in the third."
Forsberg scored an empty-net goal at 19:00 of the third period to make it 5-2.

They said it

"I thought in the first 10 minutes, we were fine. I knew it was going to be a little bit of a chore. I've seen this act before in this building. It's a hard building to come into. I thought the crowd wasn't into it. They were outshooting us, but they really weren't getting anything for about the first 10 minutes and then we started turning pucks over. It was a free-for-all. And then they score a goal, the crowd gets into it, they get another one and then we gave up that third one right at the end of the period. That really hurt." -- Islanders coach Barry Trotz
"We did a lot of good things. It's tough to keep that going, especially against all the teams in this league. Everyone is a good team. We had to clean up a little bit in the second, but I felt like we had a good response in the third and shut it down." -- Predators forward Ryan Johansen

Need to know

The Islanders signed forward Stephen Gionta to a one-year, two-way contract and placed forward Casey Cizikas (undisclosed) on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 8. … Predators forward Ryan Hartman had an assist on Jarnkrok's goal to give him four points (one goal, three assists) in five games.

What's next

Islanders: At the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; MSG+, FS-W, NHL.TV)
Predators: Host the Minnesota Wild on Monday (8 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-WI, FS-TN, NHL.TV)