Yet another player has gone off for a huge offensive outburst against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg needed less than 26 minutes of game action Tuesday to record a natural hat trick, giving his team an early 3-0 lead. It's the first regular-season hat trick of his career.
Per @EliasSports: Filip Forsberg is 5th in @PredsNHL history to post a natural hat trick. Last: James Neal on Oct. 23, 2014 vs. CHI (3-0—3).
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 24, 2016
The 21-year-old opened the scoring during a first-period power play after being sprung on a breakaway by Mike Ribeiro, who fed Forsberg with a beautiful pass through the feet of Leafs defenseman Martin Marincin.
He captured the team lead in goals with his 22nd of the season early in the second, and cushioned that lead by banging home a rebound less than two minutes later to finish the trick.
After scoring just three goals through the first two months of the season, the young Swede has been on fire with 20 goals since Dec. 1.
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