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Forward Filip Forsberg was hot against Buffalo in NHL ice hockey.
The Swede answered for the ninth hat trick of his career as Nashville won 4–2.
– It was above all important that we won tonight, but of course it’s fun to score a few goals as well, says Forsberg to Aftonbladet.
Philip Forsberg opened the game’s scoring a couple of minutes into the first period, but away team Buffalo quickly equalized when Rasmus Dahlin played up to Bowen Byram.
Luke Evangelista gave the home team Nashville the lead again before the first act was over and in the third period Filip Forsberg stepped forward again. Twice over.
Three assists for Nyquist
After barely two minutes, the 29-year-old lifted the 3-1 puck in and after 6.43 he also made it 4-1. The countryman Gustav Nyquist was involved in all three of Forsberg’s goals.
– The whole chain played well, again. Gustav Nyquist and Ryan O’Reilly are so smart and therefore very easy to play with, says Filip Forsberg.
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The Nashville forward now has 33 goals scored (67 total points), which is one fewer than Toronto’s William Nylander who leads both the Swedish goal and scoring league (84 points) in the NHL. Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson is second on 77 points (30–47).
Alexander Nylander has gotten off to a nice start in Columbus, which he joined in late February from Pittsburgh. The 26-year-old responded for his fifth goal in seven games at his new club as Columbus beat the superstar Connor McDavid’s Edmonton by 4–2.
McDavid over 100 points
McDavid responded with an assist in the game, becoming the third player this NHL season to reach 100 points. Nathan MacKinnonColorado, leads the scoring league at 109 points and Nikita KucherovTampa Bay, is second at 106.
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The forward Joel Eriksson Oak snapped a seven-game scoring drought as the 27-year-old netted as Minnesota beat Arizona 5-2.
The goalkeeper Samuel Ersson saved 29 of 30 shots as his Philadelphia beat Florida 2–1 on the road. The countryman Gustav Forsling was the only one who found the right behind Ersson and the Florida back is now listed for ten goals this season.
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