In what will no doubt hold up as one of the prettiest goals of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Nashville Predators forward dangled between his skates, then between those of Colorado Avalanche defenseman Sam Girard, his former teammate, and beat goalie Jonathan Bernier during Game 1 of their Western Conference First Round series.
Forsberg carried the puck across the Avalanche blue line before getting super sneaky with his stickwork.
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"Just one of those that comes up I guess when you're skating," Forsberg said. "It worked."
It sure did. It also successfully fired up his teammates.
"Beautiful goal," Predators goalie Pekka Rinne said. "You think first game of the playoffs, and he's able to pull those moves off and finish the play. Great individual effort, and to me that's the goal that sealed the deal tonight."
It was Forsberg's second goal of the night. He scored earlier in the third period, a more conventional, albeit still-incredible, redirection of defenseman Roman Josi's shot.
