Kings' Forsberg Shuts Out Predators, Secures Wild Card Spot

0:00On April 7th, Anton Forzberg was lights out with 29 saves and Stonewalled all three shootout attempts, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a dockiness in X-7. 3-2 went over the Nashville Predators That victory at Crypto.com, Arena catapults the Kings back into the second wildcard spot in the Western Conference. Now the Kings said one point ahead of Nashville, though the Preds hold the tiebreaker if they match up. There are also two points clear of the San Jose Sharks, who have a game in hand to close the gap. LA's record stands at 32 wins, 26 losses and 19 overtime losses. Kings got goals from Joe Armia and Scott Lafton, staying hot at three wins, no losses and one overtime loss in their last four games. It's their first back-to-back wins since a three-game streak from January 20th to 27th. For Nashville, Steven Stamcoes kept his three-game goal streak alive, while Roman Josie added a goal and an assist.

1:02Jews Sarah stopped 26 shots, but the Preds couldn't build on their two straight wins coming in. Defenseman Nicholas Hague sat out for Nashville with an upper body injury from Saturday's win over San Jose and his day-to-day. With the wildcard chased this tight, every point counts as the stretcher unheats up. That wraps NHL News Today, brought to you with AI.