Filip Forsberg was watching a movie. Peter Laviolette had already gone to bed for the evening.
Not all the members of the Predators organization were glued to their screens shortly after the clock struck midnight and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Los Angeles Kings on the West Coast.
Some wanted to unwind after having played earlier that day. Others simply didn't want to watch.
"I'm glad I didn't," Laviolette quipped on Monday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. "I heard the shots were 25-7 [in favor of Los Angeles] through the final two periods, so that would've just tortured me more."
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