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Yahoo
15-05-2025
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William Eklund Provides Positive Update After Scary Injury
Filip Forsberg: 'You Can Talk [Crap] About Austria As Much As You Want, But They're Good' After a dominant 5-0 win over Slovakia in their opening game of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, the Swedes had more trouble with their second game against Austria, needing a late comeback to win 4-2. Swedish media didn't seem impressed with the team's performance in the second game, but when asked about it Filip Forsberg was full of praise for the Austrian team.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Filip Forsberg Praises Nashville Teammate Juuse Saros After Sweden-Finland Game
It's never dull when Sweden takes on Finland. On Tuesday at the IIHF World Championship in front of their home fans in Stockholm, the Swedes were dominant, outshooting the Finns 41-19 and controlling the game in terms of possession and zone time. 'I think this was by far our best game,' Filip Forsberg said after the game as reported by 'I don't know what the zone time was, but we probably had 60-70 percent of the time in the attacking zone. We'll take that with us.' In the end, however, Sweden had to hang on to win 2-1, thanks in large part due to the play of Finnish goaltender Juuse Saros, who is Forsberg's teammate with the Nashville Predators. Forsberg was asked if he thought, given the wide edge in play, whether his team should have scored another goal or two. 'Yes, absolutely, but they had one of the best goalies in the world on the other side,' Forsberg said about Saros. 'He was so good. He's really the only reason it was still a game after two periods. 'He was standing on his head in goal.' Filip Forsberg: 'You Can Talk [Crap] About Austria As Much As You Want, But They're Good' After a dominant 5-0 win over Slovakia in their opening game of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, the Swedes had more trouble with their second game against Austria, needing a late comeback to win 4-2. Swedish media didn't seem impressed with the team's performance in the second game, but when asked about it Filip Forsberg was full of praise for the Austrian team. The score was 2-0 after 40 minutes and the shots were 33-9. Then the Finns came with a push in the third period, which was to be expected, and scored once. 'Then it's quite tight and you never know,' said Forsberg. 'A random puck goes in and suddenly, it's a game. You have to give credit to Juuse and to Finland for fighting on. A little more payoff (on our chances) and this game would have been over a little earlier.' The Finnish goal with just under seven minutes remaining was a strange play that Forsberg was in the middle of. A quck whistle while the puck was still loose appeared to negate it, and a couple of Finnish players quickly charged towards the nearest referee to argue. However, Forsberg quickly intercepted Harri Pesonen and Eemil Erholtz, allowing the referee to escape. 'Yes, they were going to argue with the referee, so you have to protect them sometimes,' he said. 'They do a good job out there so you gotta be there and 'police' a little sometimes.' After a review, the goal was counted but it's the only one Finland got. Eeli Tolvanen's Late Surge Rescues Snake-Bitten Finns Last year, Finland barely made the IIHF World Championship quarterfinals and the team's first two games this year have not been especially reassuring to the team's fans. Playing against Austria and France, teams that Finnish team in past years might have beaten easily, the Finns have managed wins of 2-1 and 4-3 in overtime.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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Filip Forsberg: ‘You Can Talk [Crap] About Austria As Much As You Want, But They're Good'
After a dominant 5-0 win over Slovakia in their opening game of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, the Swedes had more trouble with their second game against Austria, needing a late comeback to win 4-2. Swedish media didn't seem impressed with the team's performance in the second game, but when asked about it Filip Forsberg was full of praise for the Austrian team. 'Austria was better than Slovakia,' Forsberg told the media after the game, as reported by 'They made it difficult for us. Their goalie stood on his head there for a while. As long as it was a tight game, they can play a little on their counter-hockey. They didn't open up much and you have to give them credit for that. They played well, but I think we're strong enough that we were able to continue playing our game.' Austria put quite a scare into the Swedes. With the score tied 1-1 in the third period, Marco Kasper gave Austria the lead with 7:34 to play. With still almost three minutes remaining, coach Sam Hallam pulled goaltender Samuel Ersson for an extra attacker and the Swedes turned the game around quickly. First Jonas Brodin tied it with 2:19 to go and then just 12 seconds later, Mika Zibanejad gave Sweden the lead. Alexander Wennberg added a late empty-netter. 'Yes, it's easy to get a little anxious maybe at the end, but I don't think we were.' the Nashville Predators left winger said. 'As soon as they scored the (2-1) goal, it was right back to focusing on (offense) and we actually played the rest of the game in their zone, and in the end it paid off.' The Swedish media seemed to be down on their team for needing a late push to beat Austria, whom they thought Sweden should have beaten easily. Forsberg, it seems, wasn't having any of that. 'You're the ones who talk about it being an easy game, but there aren't any of those in these tournaments anymore. You see that they have NHL players on their side too. 'You in the media can underestimate them as much as you want, but in our group we didn't … You can talk [crap] about Austria as much as you want, but they're good.' Last year, of course, the Austrians fell just short of making the quarterfinals after beating Finland, losing in overtime to Canada (after scoring five goals in the third period to tie it) and also losing to silver-medalist Switzerland by one goal. This year's Austrian team is similar in composition and, it seems, similar in attitude. Austria has no points but two close losses to Finland and Sweden. And for all the worrying by Swedish media and fans, their team has won both games so far. After opening the tournament with back-to-back games, the Swedes have a day off on Sunday and then it's back into the fire on Monday night against arch-rival Finland. Marco Rossi after comeback vs Canada: 'In 50 years, I'll think back on that game' It was the biggest deficit in the history of the top division of the IIHF World Championship that a team has ever had and managed to take a point. Down 6-1 entering the third period, The Austrians scored five in the third period to force overtime, eventually losing 7-6. The tying goal with 49 seconds left in regulation time was scored by the team's lone NHLer, Marco Rossi of the Minnesota Wild. He spoke about it afterward.
Fox Sports
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Stars come into matchup against the Predators on losing streak
Associated Press Dallas Stars (50-25-6, in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (29-44-8, in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars look to break a six-game skid with a win against the Nashville Predators. Nashville has an 11-12-2 record in Central Division play and a 29-44-8 record overall. The Predators have a -66 scoring differential, with 207 total goals scored and 273 allowed. Dallas has gone 50-25-6 overall with a 15-7-3 record against the Central Division. The Stars have a 22-10-3 record in games their opponents commit more penalties. The teams meet Wednesday for the fourth time this season. The Stars won 5-1 in the last matchup. TOP PERFORMERS: Filip Forsberg has 31 goals and 43 assists for the Predators. Steven Stamkos has four goals and three assists over the past 10 games. Matt Duchene has 30 goals and 51 assists for the Stars. Mikko Rantanen has three goals and nine assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Predators: 2-8-0, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.9 penalty minutes while giving up 4.1 goals per game. Stars: 4-4-2, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game. INJURIES: Predators: None listed. Stars: None listed. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Associated Press
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Stars come into matchup against the Predators on losing streak
Dallas Stars (50-25-6, in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (29-44-8, in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars look to break a six-game skid with a win against the Nashville Predators. Nashville has an 11-12-2 record in Central Division play and a 29-44-8 record overall. The Predators have a -66 scoring differential, with 207 total goals scored and 273 allowed. Dallas has gone 50-25-6 overall with a 15-7-3 record against the Central Division. The Stars have a 22-10-3 record in games their opponents commit more penalties. The teams meet Wednesday for the fourth time this season. The Stars won 5-1 in the last matchup. TOP PERFORMERS: Filip Forsberg has 31 goals and 43 assists for the Predators. Steven Stamkos has four goals and three assists over the past 10 games. Matt Duchene has 30 goals and 51 assists for the Stars. Mikko Rantanen has three goals and nine assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Predators: 2-8-0, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.9 penalty minutes while giving up 4.1 goals per game. Stars: 4-4-2, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.8 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game. INJURIES: Predators: None listed. Stars: None listed. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
