The Predators welcomed back veteran Mike Fisher after missing 11 games from injury and came out flying against the Blue Shirts from New York. They outshot the Rangers by a wide margin for most of the period and scored on their 15th and final shot of the period when Filip Forsberg drilled a beautiful pass from Roman Josi past Lundqvist.
The teams traded goals in the second before the Preds poured in three goals in a four-minute span right after officials waved off a second Forsberg goal in a controversial decision. Lundqvist was rattled and frustrated and taken out for the fourth time in seven games.