Forsberg scores in OT, lifts Predators past Hurricanes
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Forsberg cut across the left circle and scored on a wrist shot from the slot that beat Antti Raanta glove side.
Roman Josi and Ryan O’Rielly each had had a goal and two assists for the Predators (17-13-0), who have won three in a row. Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves.
Stefan Noesen and Martin Necas each had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes (16-12-2), who had won their past two games. Raanta made 25 saves.
The Predators took a 1-0 lead at 5:20 of the first period when Juuso Parssinen scored a rebound after Raanta stopped a shot by Tommy Novak.
Noesen tipped in Jack Drury’s one-timer on the power play to tie the game 1-1 at 10:23.
Tony DeAngelo scored a power-play goal to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead at 12:13 with a wrist shot from just inside the blue line.
Josi circled the net and scored on a wraparound at the right post to make it 2-2 at 3:47 of the second period.
The Hurricanes answered with two goals in 19 seconds. Michael Bunting centered to Jalen Chatfield for a redirect at the net to give Carolina a 3-2 lead at 4:50 before Sebastian Aho’s one-timer off a give-and-go with Seth Jarvis made it 4-2 at 5:09.
O’Reilly put in a rebound on the power play to cut the lead to 4-3 at 9:26.
Necas one-timed a clearing attempt by Alexandre Carrier in front for a 5-3 lead at 9:51.
Tyson Barrie cut it to 5-4 at 10:18, beating Raanta short side on the rush.
Jeremy Lauzon scored off the rush with a wrist shot to tie the game 5-5 at 10:57 of the third period.