NHL - St Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators 0-5 - Saturday, February 27, 2016

Filip Forsberg's second natural hat trick in the past three games and Pekka Rinne's fourth shutout propelled the Nashville Predators to a 5-0 win against the St. Louis Blues at Bridgestone Arena.  Nashville has won four games in a row and has at least one point in nine consecutive games (6-0-3). Forsberg scored three times in the second period, his 24th, 25th and 26th, equaling his total from his rookie season last season. He passed defenseman Roman Josi for the team lead in points with 46. Forsberg had 63 points last season.
Forsberg gave the Predators a 2-0 lead 54 seconds into the period on a rebound. Defenseman Petter Granberg took the original shot from the point, and Forsberg shot the rebound past Jake Allen for his 24th goal. Forsberg gave the Predators a 3-0 lead at 5:39 on a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle. Smith made a drop pass on the rush to Forsberg, who shot it past Allen.
Forsberg's third of the period gave Nashville a 4-0 lead at 14:49 on a one-timer from the left faceoff circle on the power play. Ribeiro made a cross-ice pass that Forsberg one-timed past Allen for his 12th goal in the past 11 games. Forsberg had three goals in a 3-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. St. Louis has lost three games in a row in regulation for the first time this season.
Smith and Colin Wilson also scored for the Predators. Rinne made 28 saves for his 40th career shutout and is 4-0-1 in his past five games with a 0.79 goals-against average and a .974 save percentage. Goaltender Pheonix Copley made his NHL debut, replacing Allen in the second period. Allen made 19 saves; Copley made five saves. Nashville captain Shea Weber missed his third consecutive game with a lower-body injury and is listed as day-to-day.

Blues Quotes

Jay Bouwmeester: "Anytime something like this happens, it [stinks]. It happens to everybody. In the third period, we did some good things. We had some chances. That's what we were trying to do and just get some momentum heading home. When you play two games, you know it's not going to be perfect."