Overview
- Filip Forsberg scored twice for Nashville, and rookie Matthew Wood added a goal and an assist.
- The Islanders opened a 2-0 lead on early goals by Mathew Barzal and Matthew Schaefer before Jean-Gabriel Pageau put them back ahead in the second.
- Juuse Saros made 27 saves for the Predators, including a point-blank stop in the final seconds, while Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots for New York.
- Tony DeAngelo’s would-be go-ahead goal early in the third was wiped out for goaltender interference after Anthony Duclair made contact with Saros, and the Islanders lost the challenge.
- The win snapped Nashville’s three-game slide and ended New York’s three-game streak, with the Predators hosting the Blues on Monday and the Islanders visiting the Capitals.