The Nashville Predators are finding ways to win lately, but it also doesn’t hurt that Filip Forsberg is on a roll.
One of three major forward additions via trade over the last few years (along with James Neal and Ryan Johansen), Forsberg’s been justifying his first-round hype ever since he landed in Nashville in 2014-15.
Even so, he accomplished a first on Tuesday, collecting his first career hat trick. To make it even better, it was a natural hat trick to boot.
Filip Forsberg (@PredsNHL) opened the scoring with 3 straight goals to post his 1st career regular-season hat trick. pic.twitter.com/cNfPQIIouI
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 24, 2016
Watch the trio of tallies in the video above ... unless you’re James Reimer. If you’re Reimer, maybe skip it.
Update: That ended up being a very necessary hat trick, as Nashville won 3-2.
9️⃣ goals in 9️⃣ games for No. 9️⃣ (hat trick tonight). Points in 9️⃣-straight road games for the #Preds. 🇸🇪 #Fil pic.twitter.com/c2lGlQgLXw
— Thomas Willis (@TomAWillis) February 24, 2016