First-period goals by Filip Forsberg and Tommy Novak held up as the host Nashville Predators snapped the Winnipeg Jets' 11-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory on Thursday.

Juuse Saros made 23 saves and the Nashville Predators ended NHL-leading Winnipeg's franchise-record winning streak at 11 games, beating the weary Jets 2-1 on Thursday night. Filip Forsberg and Tommy Novak scored to help Nashville snap a two-game losing streak.

It’s a sequence of, I don't know how many minutes, but in the second, they get two, and the game kind of goes away from us there,” Preds forward Filip Forsberg said. “Obviously, the second period was a lot of prime chances.

Nyquist managed an assist and two shots on goal in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Jets. Ryan O'Reilly won a faceoff and Nyquist got the puck to Filip Forsberg for a quick goal at 4:26 of the first period.

Filip Forsberg will be on the ice when the Nashville Predators and New York Islanders play on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 12:30 PM ET. Prop bets for Forsberg in that upcoming Predators-Islanders game are available,

On Friday afternoon, the Preds dealt forward Mark Jankowski to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick (2026) as the NHL Trade Deadline came and went. Jankowski joined forwards Gustav Nyquist and Tommy Novak, as well as defenseman Luke Schenn, as the players Nashville dealt away in recent days.

The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Nashville Predators after the Blackhawks beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 in overtime.

The Nashville Predators (22-32-7, 51 points) host the Seattle Kraken (26, 32-4, 56 points) Thursday at Bridgestone Arena.

Forsberg continues to be the star of the Predators' offense, and while he's had some shaky stretches this season, fantasy managers can value him for his offense as well as his physical play.