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Goaltender Juuse Saros sparkled with 44 saves,
while Gustav Nyquist collected three assists, including the
300th of his career. Ryan O'Reilly added two assists for the
Predators.
Brandon Saad, Jake Neighbours and Jordan Kyrou scored for the
Blues (40-32-4, 84 points), who are clinging to their flickering
playoff hopes with only six games remaining. Goalie Jordan
Binnington stopped 25 shots and Justin Faulk had two assists.
The Predators swept the season series between the Central
Division rivals, winning all three meetings.
Forsberg's power-play goal 73 seconds into the second period
broke a 1-1 tie. Upon getting the puck in the right circle, he
unloaded a shot from the faceoff dot that ricocheted off Robert
Thomas' stick en route to the goal.
Beauvillier notched another man-advantage marker with 31 seconds
remaining in the second period to extend Nashville's lead. He
scored his first goal since being acquired at the trade
deadline, and fifth of the season, by pouncing on a loose puck
during a flurry.
McCarron made it a 4-1 game at 4:09 of the third period when he
took advantage of a Torey Krug giveaway to score his 12th of the
season.
To their credit, the Blues battled back. After Neighbours
notched his 27th of the season a little more than two minutes
later with a shot off the rush, Kyrou netted a power-play goal,
his 26th of the season, with 2:15 on the clock to make it a
one-goal game.
However, Forsberg collected his career-best 43rd goal of the
season with the first of his team's two empty-net goals.
Jankowski rounded out the scoring.
The clubs traded first-period goals, with Josi netting his 20th
of the season 31 seconds into the clash and Saad responding with
his 26th of the campaign -- and sixth in seven outings -- at
7:27 of the opening frame.
--Field Level Media
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