Forsberg, Trenin score in final minute to lead Predators to 4-3 come from behind win over Avalanche

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Filip Forsberg scored twice and Yakov Trenin got the tiebreaking goal with 21.6 seconds remaining to lift the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night.

Jeremy Lauzon also scored and Juuse Saros made 25 saves for Nashville, winners of two straight.

“Nobody quit for a second in that third period and we got rewarded for that,” said Trenin, who has scored in consecutive games.

Valerie Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, Andrew Cogliano and Devon Toews also scored and Cale Makar had three assists for Colorado, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves and Nathan MacKinnon added two assists.

“At 3-3, 30 seconds left, to give up the next one, that’s heartbreaking,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.

Makar has 23 assists in 17 games this season, including three in each of his last three games. He extended his point-scoring streak to seven games (one goal, 16 assists).

Trailing by a goal in the final minute, Forsberg scored with Saros pulled for an extra attacker with 37.7 remaining. Trenin followed about 16 seconds later to complete the improbable comeback.

Nashville Predators’ players celebrate the team’s 4-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche after an NHL hockey game Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Credit: AP/George Walker IV

“Third period, I thought we deserved to tie the game for sure, and then it couldn’t have happened a better way with that goal to win it,” Forsberg said.

Cogliano scored the game’s first goal with 6:00 left in the opening period. With Nashville on a power play, Nichushkin sent a shot toward the Predators goal through traffic. The puck drifted to Cogliano just outside crease for an easy tap-in for Colorado’s fifth short-handed goal of the season.

The Philadelphia Flyers entered Monday with an NHL-best five shorthanded goals on the season.

Forsberg made it 1-1 with 17.5 seconds remaining in the first. Forsberg extended his…

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